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A Defense of the Artist-Critic: Part One of Two
- The Massachusetts Review
- Massachusetts Review, Inc.
- Volume 58, Number 4, Winter 2017
- pp. 702-718
- 10.1353/mar.2017.0108
- Article
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Abstract:
Editor and author Patrick Thomas Henry offers a defense of the necessity of the artist-critic, arguing that authors, film stars, poets, and other artists are more necessary today than ever before, for their ability to evoke empathy and to critique the status quo.