Robert Warshow argued criticism—explaining, evaluating with reasons and integrating into social and cultural context of the times—ought cover all art, high to low. People’s ability to judge quality in art is essential to a polity based on individual sovereignty and competence. Few will take in high art. So criticize a Bogart film as closely as an Eliot poem.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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