I haven't any right to criticize: editing book reviews for American periodicals
Author
Faculty Advisor
Date
2015
Keywords
book reviews, scholarship
Abstract (summary)
In Small World (1984), British academic and novelist David Lodge shows us how one enthusiastic notice, well-timed and well-placed, can create a scholarly phenomenon. Esteemed critic Rudyard Parkinson, resentful that he has even been asked to stoop to write a review, decides to use the opportunity to take revenge against a rival: he resolves to make an academic star of little-known Philip Swallow and, by so doing, antagonize Morris Zapp, a character modeled by Lodge after Stanley Fish. This fictional series of events has stayed with me for the length of my professional career. I think about it often. Do reviews actually make a difference in the reception of our scholarship? Is being asked to review a book an honor, or is it a chore? How have reviews changed, and how are they changing, in the era of blogs and tweets?
Publication Information
Monk, C. (2015). I Haven't Any Right to Criticize: Editing Book Reviews for American Periodicals. American Periodicals, 25(1), 15-19.
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Language
English
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