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Counterpoints
. Ed(S): Kimball, Roger; Kramer, Hilton
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Description for Counterpoints
Paperback. Editor(s): Kimball, Roger; Kramer, Hilton. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
"The New Criterion operates as a refuge for a civilizing element in short supply in contemporary America: honest criticism."—Wall Street Journal. Since its founding in 1982 by the art critic Hilton Kramer and the pianist and music critic Samuel Lipman, The New Criterion has waged a brisk and articulate campaign against facile and often politically motivated assaults on art and greatness. It has brought unparalleled verve, clarity, and wit to the vocation of criticism. But The New Criterion is not only America's foremost voice of critical dissent in culture and the arts; it is also an energetic ally ... Read more
"The New Criterion operates as a refuge for a civilizing element in short supply in contemporary America: honest criticism."—Wall Street Journal. Since its founding in 1982 by the art critic Hilton Kramer and the pianist and music critic Samuel Lipman, The New Criterion has waged a brisk and articulate campaign against facile and often politically motivated assaults on art and greatness. It has brought unparalleled verve, clarity, and wit to the vocation of criticism. But The New Criterion is not only America's foremost voice of critical dissent in culture and the arts; it is also an energetic ally ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566638050
SKU
V9781566638050
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Kimball, Roger; Kramer, Hilton
Roger Kimball and Hilton Kramer are co-editors and co-publishers of The New Criterion. Mr. Kimball's other books include The Rape of the Masters, Art's Prospect, The Long March, Lives of the Mind, Experiments Against Reality, and Tenured Radicals. He lives in South Norwalk, Connecticut. Mr. Kramer, former chief art critic of the New York Times, has also written The Triumph ... Read more
Reviews for Counterpoints
The book, like the magazine, features dose after dose of emperor-has-no-clothes truth-telling. The cumulative effect is bracing.
Brian C. Anderson
Book Review Digest
Counterpoints has a little something for everyone. Recommended.
Ohio Conservative
Not so much ideologically pure as it is critically pure. Quality governs...Everyone else, get this book. It will enrich you.
Roger ... Read more
Brian C. Anderson
Book Review Digest
Counterpoints has a little something for everyone. Recommended.
Ohio Conservative
Not so much ideologically pure as it is critically pure. Quality governs...Everyone else, get this book. It will enrich you.
Roger ... Read more