The Work of a Critic

by Morris Dickstein First published in the Chronicle Review, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 2, 2012 The role of critics varies greatly according to the mission they imagine for themselves and the audience they address. Academic critics writing for their peers will take a different tack from public critics speaking to a general audience, large or small, or from writers themselves using criticism to carve out a space for their own work. Surprisingly,... Read More