A. O. Scott
Praise for Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think about Art, Pleasure, Beauty and Truth
He wears his considerable learning lightly – although not apologetically: Scott knows that the arguments he is exploring have a long pedigree.
Jonathan Derbyshire, Financial Times
It’s a serious tome that raises criticism to the level of art.
Jonathan Dean, Sunday Times
That he succeeds in speaking to us all…while at the same time delineating his own specific role in culture, is only one of the many pleasures to be found in this erudite work.
Lesley Mcdowell, Independent on Sunday
He wears his considerable learning lightly – although not apologetically: Scott knows that the arguments he is exploring have a long pedigree.
Jonathan Derbyshire, Financial Times
It’s a serious tome that raises criticism to the level of art.
Jonathan Dean, Sunday Times
That he succeeds in speaking to us all…while at the same time delineating his own specific role in culture, is only one of the many pleasures to be found in this erudite work.
Lesley Mcdowell, Independent on Sunday
He wears his considerable learning lightly – although not apologetically: Scott knows that the arguments he is exploring have a long pedigree.
Jonathan Derbyshire, Financial Times
It’s a serious tome that raises criticism to the level of art.
Jonathan Dean, Sunday Times
That he succeeds in speaking to us all…while at the same time delineating his own specific role in culture, is only one of the many pleasures to be found in this erudite work.
Lesley Mcdowell, Independent on Sunday