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050 00 $aPN81$b.S2455 2016
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100 1 $aScott, A. O.,$d1966-$eauthor.
245 10 $aBetter living through criticism :$bhow to think about art, pleasure, beauty, and truth /$cA.O. Scott.
264 1 $aNew York, New York :$bPenguin Press,$c[2016]
264 4 $c©2016
300 $a277 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aWhat 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).
520 $a"The New York Times film critic shows why we need criticism now more than ever. Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect of artistic creation, of civil action, of interpersonal life. With penetrating insight and warm humor, Scott shows that while individual critics-- himself included-- can make mistakes and find flaws where they shouldn't, criticism as a discipline is one of the noblest, most creative, and urgent activities of modern existence. Using his own film criticism as a starting point-- everything from his infamous dismissal of the international blockbuster The Avengers to his intense affection for Pixar's animinated Ratatouille-- Scott expands outward, easily guiding readers through the complexities of Rilke and Shelley, the origins of Chuck Berry and the Rolling Stones, the power of Marina Abramovich and 'Ode on a Grecian Urn.' Drawing on the long tradition of criticism from Aristotle to Susan Sontag, Scott shows that real criticism was and always will be the breath of fresh air that allows true creativity to thrive. 'The time for criticism is always now,' Scott explains, 'because the imperative to think clearly, to insist on the necessary balance of reason and passion, never goes away.'"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aCriticism.
650 0 $aCriticism (Philosophy)
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / Film & Video.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aCriticism.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00883735
650 7 $aCriticism (Philosophy)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00883756
776 08 $iOnline version:$aScott, A. O., 1966- author.$tBetter living through criticism$dNew York : Penguin Press, 2016$z9781101980866$w(DLC) 2016010824
852 00 $bglx$hPN81$i.S2455 2016