Finished this novel tonight (this is my second reading of it, the first being about eight years ago). Took several thousand words of notes, which should come in handy for a new critical piece I'll be writing during the next two weeks.
Alvaro, You speak of writing a critical piece on Sheckley's book, which reminded me of a question I have for book commentators; is a review basically the same as a critique? R.Z.
I'm sure this is not the only answer, but it is one answer.
According to the "Penguin Dictionary of Literary Tems":
REVIEW - (a) A short notice or discussion or critical article in a paper, journal or periodical; (b) A journal or periodical containing articles on literature, art and philosophy. The Edinburgh Review at is a famous example: so is the Quarterly Review. Publications like Horizon, Scrutiny, the London Magazine, Essays in Criticism and Encounter might well be placed in this category. See also Periodical.
CRITIQUE - A full-dress, detailed review and assessment of a literary work. The term may also denote a treatise (q.v.), such as Kant's Critique of Judgment (1790).
So the difference has to do with length and level of detail. Other discussions of these two terms seem to follow a similar line of thought, and may specify what that "detail" is.
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Alvaro,
You speak of writing a critical piece on Sheckley's book, which reminded me of a question I have for book commentators; is a review basically the same as a critique?
R.Z.
I'm sure this is not the only answer, but it is one answer.
According to the "Penguin Dictionary of Literary Tems":
REVIEW - (a) A short notice or discussion or critical article in a paper, journal or periodical; (b) A journal or periodical containing articles on literature, art and philosophy. The Edinburgh Review at is a famous example: so is the Quarterly Review. Publications like Horizon, Scrutiny, the London Magazine, Essays in Criticism and Encounter
might well be placed in this category. See also Periodical.
CRITIQUE - A full-dress, detailed review and assessment of a literary work. The term may also denote a treatise (q.v.), such as Kant's Critique of Judgment (1790).
So the difference has to do with length and level of detail. Other discussions of these two terms seem to follow a similar line of thought, and may specify what that "detail" is.
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