Fringe and Fortune : The Role of Critics in High and Popular Art / Wesley Monroe Shrum
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1996. 1st edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Item #423459
ISBN: 0691026572
Physical description: xvi, 284 pages. Series: Princeton paperbacks. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction. A Critic's New Clothes -- Part One. The Critic -- Chapter One. Cultural Mediation and the Status Bargain -- Chapter Two. Critics in the Performing Arts -- Part Two. The Fringe -- Chapter Three. Development of the Festival Fringe -- Chapter Four. Festivals and the Modern Fringe -- Chapter Five. Myth of the Fringe -- Part Three. The Triangle of Mediation -- Chapter Six. Do Critics Matter? -- Chapter Seven. Critical Evaluation -- Chapter Eight. Do Performers Listen? -- Part Four. Beyond the Fringe -- Chapter Nine. Beyond Formal Evaluation -- Chapter Ten. Discourse and Hierarchy -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Review Genres -- Appendix B. Methodological -- Appendix C. Note on the Study of Mediation and Reception -- Appendix D. Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. Subject: Edinburgh Festival Fringe ; Case studies. Art and society. Art criticism. Popular culture. Social classes. PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism.
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