|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
critical
... Read more |
|
|
The Critic
Critic, The (1881–1906), weekly literary magazine and review, published by Jeannette and Joseph Gilder. It is remembered as one of the first magazines to welcome Whitman's writing, and as the first to publish the Uncle Remus stories outside of the author's native town. Other contributors... Read more |
|
criticism
criticism the interpretation and evaluation of literature and the arts. It exists in a variety of literary forms: dialogues (Plato, John Dryden), verse (Horace, Alexander Pope), letters (John Keats), essays (Matthew Arnold, W. H. Auden), and treatises (Philip Sydney, Percy Bysshe Shelley). There... Read more |
|
|
Form Criticism
... Read more |
|
|
Redaction Criticism
... Read more |
|
|
biblical criticism
... Read more |
|
|
critical flow
... Read more |
|
|
New criticism
NEW CRITICISM. The New Criticism is the name given to the work of a school of formalist-oriented Anglo-American literary critics whose writings appeared in the years following World War I and came to prominence in the 1940s and 1950s. John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974) coined the moniker itself... Read more |
|
|
critical mass
critical critical mass originally, the minimum amount of fissile material needed to maintain a nuclear chain reaction. In extended usage, the minimum size or amount of resources required to start or maintain a venture.critical path the sequence of stages determining the minimum time needed for an... Read more |
|
|
Historical criticism
Historical Criticism It would be difficult to argue that there was extensive interrelation between the rise of historical criticism and the emergence of modern science. True, both of these developments raised the most serious questions about the viability of traditional theological notions. In... Read more |
|
critic
critic • noun 1. a literary critic synonyms: reviewer, commentator, evaluator, analyst, judge, pundit. 2. critics of the government synonyms: detractor, attacker, fault-finder, backseat driver, gadfly. |
|
reviewer
reviewer • noun synonyms: critic, literary/arts critic, commentator. |
|
|
appease
appease • verb 1. an attempt to appease his critics synonyms: conciliate, placate, pacify, mollify, propitiate, reconcile, win over.See note at pacify.antonyms: provoke, inflame... |
|
|
choice
...possible course of action. 3. an extensive choice of wines synonyms: range, variety, selection, assortment. 4. the critics' choice synonyms: preference, selection, pick, favorite. • adjective choice plums synonyms: superior, first-class... |
|
|
hail
...shout to, address; greet, say hello to, salute. 2. he hailed a cab synonyms: flag down, wave down, signal to. 3. critics hailed the film as a masterpiece synonyms: acclaim, praise, applaud, rave about, extol, eulogize, hymn, lionize, sing... |
|
|
plethora
...Jan. 1, 2002.) But sometimes, when not preceded by the indefinite article, the word is genuinely useful—e.g.: “Critics say the plethora of scrip circulating in Argentina risks running out of control.” (Wall Street Journal; Dec. 26, 2001... |
|
|
redeeming
redeeming • adjective the critics are hard-pressed to find anything redeeming about Muzio's latest booksynonyms: compensating, compensatory, extenuating, redemptive. |
|
|
shortsighted
shortsighted • adjective shortsighted critics synonyms: narrow-minded, unimaginative, small-minded, insular, parochial, provincial, improvident.antonyms: farsighted, imaginative. |
|
|
slam
...shut/close with force. 2. the car slammed into a post synonyms: crash into, smash into, collide with, hit, strike, ram, plow into, run into, bump into, impact. 3. informal he was slammed by the critics. See criticize. |
|
|
trite
trite • adjective critics were put off by the trite dialoguesynonyms: banal, hackneyed, clichéd, platitudinous, vapid, commonplace, stock, conventional, stereotyped... |
|
A Critic's `Critic' Critique // TV's Animated Reviewer Looks Like the Real Thing
...episode of "The Critic," which finished...sometimes flatter critics in real life? Sure...But reputable critics do not release quotes...something about the critic's standards right...real key to "The Critic," I think, is...of your favorite critics. |
|
Critics hate it.Of course it will sell
...you must give the critic some work to do. Critics hate musicians...letter; every critic gave Bragg's...knows that although critics claim in good faith...on. Classical critics are more concerned...remembered as the critic who first spotted... |
 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
|
CRITICS TAKE BEATING FOR UNPOPULAR VIEWS
...sugarcoat it. "The Critics Were Wrong" was the...attention of this critic, who, like all movie...masterpiece" by film critics. Years ago, I once asked another critic to justify his claim...sled. So yes, the critics are wrong, and they... |
|
Critics: cable needs more original series, movies.
...once the darling of TV critics, is showing its age. Only one critic mentioned it -- and...of the consumer press critics cannot be underestimated...version of the winter critics' tour began Sunday. Critic's Picks 'n Pans for... |
|
A Critic Under the INFLUENCE.
...business of the theatre critics ought to be. Is it legitimate for a critic to lead a double...American Theatre Critics Association's newsletter...learned that not every critic believes that dabbling...interviewed several critics for an NAJP study... |
 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
|
Critic's-eye view of the role of restaurant reviews.(TASTE)
...proper role of restaurant critics - or any critics for that matter: Should the critic try to educate public taste...start serving hot dogs. Critics love authenticity It is the kind of restaurant that a critic would love, for its authenticity... |
|
The Critic.
...pathetic than the show "The Critic," a new animated sitcom on...all, reviews are written by critics, and wouldn't we all love...cartoon protagonist of "The Critic" is a Manhattan-based movie...alumnus Jon Lovits, Sherman is a critic not unlike Roger Ebert, but... |
|
Critics' prizes can serve as a counterpoint to Oscars: At N.Y. group's big...
...to designate movie critics, but I should really...since I'm a critic myself. I'm also a member of four critics' organizations...discrepancies mean critics' votes are even...gaggle of film-critic votes is an exercise... |
|
Critics' year-end lists: triumph of obscurantism: looking at the top 10...
...way to contradict a critic if his favorites were...explain why the three critics for the New York Times...traditional defense of film critics focuses on their role...Anderson, a fine critic, acknowledged that the clout of critics' awards and lists... |
 "The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)")
|
CRITIC'S CHOICE.(Pasatiempo)
...theater and music critics. "I believe the function of the critic is to evaluate works...interested in the play the critic would have written or directed. The critics job is to evaluate...classical music and drama critic for USA Today and...two classical music critics at the ... |
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
