The role of the critic / Nicholas Dromgoole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dromgoole, Nicholas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater critics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Oberon Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nicholas Dromgoole has been a prominent and respected drama and dance critic for most of his adult life. Who better therefore to take the reader through the role of this often misunderstood animal?This concise guide to the role of the critic will surely prove to be a great addition to the bookshelves of all theatre lovers.'A thoughtful and enlightening book.... Scholarly but accessible... there's plenty for performing arts creators to think about' - Susan Elkin, The Stage'Dromgoole carves a travelogue through a changing landscape of models of thought...gliding elega

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Introduction; Aristotle and Violence in the Media; Later Greek Critics, particularly Longinus; Roman Critics; The Middle Ages; The Renaissance; Humanism Under Attack; Two New Art Forms; France's Golden Age; Art Critics Harm the Theatre; Puritans and the Theatre; Critics Despise the Theatre; Growing Importance of Art Criticism; Romanticism; The Influence of Ruskin; Art Critics' Loss of Confidence; Modernism; Did Darwin Destroy God?; Karl Marx and Art; Freud and Art; Art, Structuralism and the 1960s; Art Historicism

Modernism and Post-ModernismThe Current Role of the Critic; Possible Territory; Differences Within the Arts; Accessibility; An Awareness of History

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781849432962

1849432961

OCLC:

870601053