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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460348403321

Autore

Skidmore Joey

Titolo

The review as art and communication / / by Joey Skidmore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-6667-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

028.1

Soggetti

Book reviewing

Motion pictures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER TWO - THE BOOK REVIEW AS A SPECIAL FORM OF COMMUNICATION; CHAPTER THREE - COMMUNICATION; CHAPTER FOUR - THE REVIEW AS A WORK OF ART; CHAPTER FIVE - THE REVIEWS (AND REVIEW ESSAYS); CHAPTER SIX - CONCLUSION

Sommario/riassunto

The Review as Art and Communication not only presents the idea that book reviews, record reviews, theatrical reviews and reviews of any genre can be substantive essays on their own - expounding and elaborating on the concepts and ideas of the original material critiqued - but it also explores the ""shelf-life"" of the review: the odd phenomenon that just like other forms of art, some stand the test-of-time, and some do not. This book also collects the book reviews of one scholar: Max J. Skidmo...