The Role of the Critic
1st Edition
Published on 18. June 2012
160 pages
978-1-84943-296-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
This concise guide to the role of the critic will surely prove to be a great addition to the bookshelves of all theatre lovers.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-84943-296-2 (9781849432962)
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Nicholas Dromgoole
The Role of the Critic
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Person
NICHOLAS DROMGOOLE's published work includes The Playwright as Rebel as well as many introductions to volumes of classical and contemporary drama. For over thirty years he was dance critic for the Sunday Telegraph and a regular contributor to other publications. He has lectured widely on drama and drama history and contributed to various arts broadcasts on radio and television
Content
- Intro
- 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-Modernism
- The Current Role of the Critic
- Possible Territory
- Differences Within the Arts
- Accessibility
- An Awareness of History
