Better Living Through Criticism: How To Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, And Truth

Better Living Through Criticism: How To Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, And TruthThe 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

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