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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
The Contemporary Review
Author: Edith Wharton
Author: James W. TuttletonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521383196
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
This book represents the first comprehensive collection of contemporary reviews of the writing of Edith Wharton from the 1890s until her death in 1937. Many of the reviews are reprinted from hard-to-locate contemporary newspapers and periodicals. In addition, lists of other reviews not presented here are provided. These materials document the response of the reviewers to specific titles and indicate the development of Wharton's reputation as a novelist, short story writer, travel writer, and autobiographer.
Contemporary Review
Author: The Art of Looking
Author: Lance EsplundPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465094678
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A veteran art critic helps us make sense of modern and contemporary art The landscape of contemporary art has changed dramatically during the last hundred years: from Malevich's 1915 painting of a single black square and Duchamp's 1917 signed porcelain urinal to Jackson Pollock's midcentury "drip" paintings; Chris Burden's "Shoot" (1971), in which the artist was voluntarily shot in the arm with a rifle; Urs Fischer's "You" (2007), a giant hole dug in the floor of a New York gallery; and the conceptual and performance art of today's Ai Weiwei and Marina Abramovic. The shifts have left the art-viewing public (understandably) perplexed. In The Art of Looking, renowned art critic Lance Esplund demonstrates that works of modern and contemporary art are not as indecipherable as they might seem. With patience, insight, and wit, Esplund guides us through the last century of art and empowers us to approach and appreciate it with new eyes. Eager to democratize genres that can feel inaccessible, Esplund encourages viewers to trust their own taste, guts, and common sense. The Art of Looking will open the eyes of viewers who think that recent art is obtuse, nonsensical, and irrelevant, as well as the eyes of those who believe that the art of the past has nothing to say to our present.
Herman Melville
Author: Brian HigginsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521414234
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Herman Melville: The Contemporary Reviews reprints virtually all the known contemporary reviews of his writings from the 1840s until his death in 1891. Many of the reviews are reprinted from hard-to-locate contemporary newspapers and periodicals. These materials document the response of the reviewers to specific works and show the course of Melville's nineteenth century reputation as travel writer, romancer, short-story writer, and poet.
Murder on an Irish Farm
Author: Carlene O'ConnorPublisher: Kensington Cozies
ISBN: 1496730836
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Putting their wedding on hold due to the discovery of a human skeleton at a farmhouse near the church, garda Siobhán and Macdara must solve a fifty-year-old cold case of a missing groom, which heats up when a fresh corpse appears.
Henry James
Author: Kevin J. HayesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521453868
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
This is the most thorough gathering of newspaper and magazine reviews of Henry James's writing ever assembled.
The Contemporary Review
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Calligraphy
Author: Denise LachPublisher:
ISBN: 9780500291214
Category : Calligraphie
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An invaluable sourcebook for both enthusiastic beginners and experienced calligraphers who wish to let their imaginations run free
Inside the Critics’ Circle
Author: Phillipa K. ChongPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691212503
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
An inside look at the politics of book reviewing, from the assignment and writing of reviews to why critics think we should listen to what they have to say Taking readers behind the scenes in the world of fiction reviewing, Inside the Critics’ Circle explores the ways critics evaluate books despite the inherent subjectivity involved and the uncertainties of reviewing when seemingly anyone can be a reviewer. Drawing on interviews with critics from such venues as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post, Phillipa Chong delves into the complexities of the review-writing process, including the considerations, values, and cultural and personal anxieties that shape what critics do. Chong explores how critics are paired with review assignments, why they accept these time-consuming projects, how they view their own qualifications for reviewing certain books, and the criteria they employ when making literary judgments. She discovers that while their readers are of concern to reviewers, they are especially worried about authors on the receiving end of reviews. As these are most likely peers who will be returning similar favors in the future, critics’ fears and frustrations factor into their willingness or reluctance to write negative reviews. At a time when traditional review opportunities are dwindling while other forms of reviewing thrive, book reviewing as a professional practice is being brought into question. Inside the Critics’ Circle offers readers a revealing look into critics’ responses to these massive transitions and how, through their efforts, literary values get made.
