In his seminal book Intertextuality (The New Critical Idiom) , Graham Allen argues that no text possesses independent meaning. Instead, every work is a "tissue of quotations" woven from previous systems, codes, and traditions. Core Concepts and Origins
: Reading becomes a process of "moving between texts," as the reader identifies the echoes and influences that shape their understanding. Key Features and Techniques Intertextuality (The New Critical Idiom)
: Meaning does not lie "inside" a work to be extracted by a reader; it exists in the network of relations between the text and all other texts to which it refers. In his seminal book Intertextuality (The New Critical