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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scott, A. O., 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 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).