Fringe and fortune : the role of critics in high and popular art
Item looks at the role and impact of critics with reference mainly to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Print Book, English, ©1996
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ©1996
Art criticism
xvi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780691026572, 9780691021454, 0691026572, 0691021457
34076878
List of IllustrationsList of TablesPrefaceIntroduction: A Critic's New Clothes3Ch. 1Cultural Mediation and the Status Bargain25Ch. 2Critics in the Performing Arts42Ch. 3Development of the Festival Fringe63Ch. 4Festivals and the Modern Fringe83Ch. 5Myth of the Fringe109Ch. 6Do Critics Matter?125Ch. 7Critical Evaluation144Ch. 8Do Performers Listen?165Ch. 9Beyond Formal Evaluation181Ch. 10Discourse and Hierarchy193Epilogue213Appendix A: Review Genres215Appendix B: Methodological Note218Appendix C: Note on the Mediation and Reception221Appendix D: Tables223Notes229Bibliography265Index275