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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 |
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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 |
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Form Criticism
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Redaction Criticism
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biblical criticism
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critical flow
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Outer Critics Circle
Outer Critics Circle. The group was formed in 1950 by critics John Gassner, Charles Freeman, and Joseph Kaye as an...exchange of ideas and friendships among widely dispersed critics. Currently there are about seventy‐five critics and... |
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Critic, The, or a Tragedy Rehearsed
Critic, The, or a Tragedy Rehearsed, a comedy...Based on Buckingham's The Rehearsal, The Critic is an exuberant burlesque on the problems...and Sneer, two savage and inept theatre critics, and Sir Fretful Plagiary (a caricature... |
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Fable for Critics, A
Fable for Critics, A, verse satire by Lowell, published anonymously in 1848. Its eccentric “slap‐dash...gods on Olympus, whereat a critic, worshipper of Apollo...s desire for a lily. The critic searches assiduously, passing...period before the advent of ... |
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American Theatre Critics Association
American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA). Founded in 1974...most distinguished of American drama critics, it has among its stated purposes: 1...communication among American theatre critics”; 2) “To encourage absolute freedom... |
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New York Drama Critics Circle
New York Drama Critics Circle. While discussions about forming an association of local critics were initiated as early as 1927, the group...committee. The first winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award was Winterset. In later years... |
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National Book Critics Circle
National Book Critics Circle, organization of 300 professional critics and editors, founded (1974) to select the “most distinguished” volumes of fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, and criticism of the preceding year. Each member... |
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Critic, The
Critic, The (1881–1906), weekly literary magazine and review, published by Jeannette and Joseph Gilder. It is remembered as... |
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Drama Criticism in America
...little is known about early American drama critics. Newspapers of the 18th and even early 19th...early years of the 19th century did a few critics such as Stephen Cullen Carpenter of the...Many, though not all, of these early critics were archly conservative, relating ... |
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Literary Criticism
...1821 jibe of the British critic Sydney Smith, “Who reads an American book?”Critics such as William Tudor...by the journalist‐critic H.L. Mencken, along...however, as the poet‐critic John Crowe Ransom and his...century cultural critics, ... |
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Nathan, George Jean
...Nathan soon quit to become critic for two magazines, Outing and...He was the first important critic to extol the genius of Eugene...artful, he was one of the few critics to maintain affection for the...The Girls (1921), The Critic and the Drama (1922), The... |
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critic
critic •achromatic, acrobatic, Adriatic, aerobatic, anagrammatic, aquatic...anchoritic, anthracitic, arthritic, bauxitic, calcitic, catalytic, critic, cryptanalytic, Cushitic, dendritic, diacritic, dioritic, dolomitic... |
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Critic, The
Critic, The, or An Opera Rehearsal. Opera in 2 acts by Stanford, his Op.144, to lib. by L. C. James based on Sheridan's comedy (1779). Comp. 1915. Prod. London 1916. |
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armchair critic
armchair critic one whose views are based on theorizing rather than first-hand experience; armchair in this sense is recorded from the 19th century. |
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Tübingen critics
Tübingen critics A group of scholars round F. C. Baur (1792–1860) at Tübingen University who took a radical view of the NT: only Rom., 1 and 2 Cor... |
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criticism, musical
...several examples of a critic's, or group of critics', championship of a composer...although the outstanding critic of the day in Fr. was...historically significant critic was Eduard Hanslick, the...In the USA several critics have achieved a ... |
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Form Criticism
...chria, paradigm), the Form Critic next relates it to its social...to the Jews. Several Form Critics eliminated genuine history...Rudolf Bultmann, a leading Form Critic, was held by other scholars...units of tradition. The Form Critics had in a way ... |
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Redaction Criticism
...discernible concerns. The work of Redaction Critics was aided by the existence of 1 and 2...comparing it with the Chronicler's work, critics could recognize his distinctive theological...Jerusalem Temple.Another example: Redaction Critics have found a pattern in the book of ... |
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Taubman, Howard
Taubman, Howard (b NY, 1907). Amer. music critic and author. Ass. mus. critic, New York Times 1930–55, chief mus. critic 1955–60, drama critic 1960–6 and ‘critic-at-large’ 1966–72. Wrote biography of Toscanini (1951). |
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Kolodin, Irving
Kolodin, Irving (b NY, 1908; d NY, 1988). Amer. music critic. Ass. mus. critic to W. J. Henderson, NY Sun 1932, eventually becoming chief critic until 1950. Mus. critic Saturday Review, 1947–82. Also critic of recordings... |
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Cooper, Martin (Du Pré)
...Cooper, Martin (Du Pré) (b Winchester, 1910; d Richmond-on-Thames, 1986). Eng. critic. Mus. critic of Daily Telegraph 1950–76 (chief critic from 1954). Mus. critic London Mercury 1935–9, Daily Herald 1946–50, Spectator... |
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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. |
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reviewer
reviewer • noun synonyms: critic, literary/arts critic, commentator. |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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redeeming
redeeming • adjective the critics are hard-pressed to find anything redeeming about Muzio's latest booksynonyms: compensating, compensatory, extenuating, redemptive. |
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shortsighted
shortsighted • adjective shortsighted critics synonyms: narrow-minded, unimaginative, small-minded, insular, parochial, provincial, improvident.antonyms: farsighted, imaginative. |
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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. |
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trite
trite • adjective critics were put off by the trite dialoguesynonyms: banal, hackneyed, clichéd, platitudinous, vapid, commonplace, stock, conventional, stereotyped... |
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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 ... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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... |
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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, ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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