Doing Criticism

[b]Not only an accessible hands-on guide to writing criticism across [/b][b]the literary arts, the dramatic arts, and the narrative screen arts, but also a book that makes a case for how and why criticism matters today[/b] [i]Doing Criticism: Across Literary and Screen Arts [/i]is a practical guide to engaging actively and productively with a critical object, whether a film, a novel, or a play. Going beyond the study of lyric poetry and literature to include motion picture and dramatic arts, this unique text provides specific advice on how to best write criticism while offering concrete illustrations of what it looks like on the page. Divided into two parts, the book firs…