Better living through criticism how to think about art, pleasure, beauty, and truth
"The New York Times film critic shows why we need criticism now more than ever. Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect...
| Main Author: | Scott, A. O., 1966- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Penguin Press,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- What is criticism? (a preliminary dialogue)
- The critic as artist and vice versa
- The eye of the beholder
- Self-criticism (a further dialogue)
- Lost in the museum
- The trouble with critics
- Practical criticism (another dialogue)
- How to be wrong
- The critical condition
- The end of criticism (a final dialogue).