Celia Brayfield
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- Brayfield, Celia
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- Brayfield, Celia
- Födelsedag
- 1946
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- England
UK
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Statistik
- Verk
- 21
- Även av
- 4
- Medlemmar
- 462
- Popularitet
- #53,212
- Betyg
- 3.8
- Recensioner
- 5
- ISBN
- 108
- Språk
- 9
She spends first eight of the ten chapters sharing the rules of the road for writing arts reviews. She fills in these rules with examples from her life experience. While this was interesting at first, I grew tired of hearing story after story. I wanted Brayfield to put forth an argument or, at the very least, to cite someone else who is putting forth an argument. Without a strong central narrative, the book seemed to ramble at times. Being more familiar with the American arts scene than the British one, I had trouble sifting through the unfamiliar names.
Although I thought about putting the book down as I labored through the chapters, the last two chapters redeemed it to me. In the next-to-last chapter, Brayfield provides a detailed history of arts reviews. She displays erudition about the major writers who shaped our perception of this practice. In the last chapter, she provides helpful and practical advice for starting out in the field. Such pragmatism is always welcomed.
I wish she would have taken the perspective of writing to help the reader understand how to perfect the art instead of just sharing story upon story. This book is not a total failure as the last two chapters illustrate. Still, it could have been stronger to meet my desires and my American cultural experience.
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