David Denby
Autor(a) de Great Books
About the Author
David Denby is a film critic for The New Yorker and author of Great Books and American Sucker. He lives in New York City with his wife.
Obras por David Denby
Awake in the Dark: An Anthology of American Film Criticism, 1915 to the Present (1977) 24 exemplares
Phil 0024 Reader, Intro Ethics, Tufts 2007 1 exemplar
Drowned hopes 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1943
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA
- Educação
- Columbia University
- Ocupações
- film critic
- Relações
- Schine, Cathleen (wife, divorced)
- Organizações
- The Atlantic Monthly
The New Yorker
Membros
Críticas
Snark, It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining… por David Denby
Stop trying to make yourself look smart by cutting down other people. Be civil for once. Satire is useful and interesting. Snark is easy and lowbrow.
Can't wait to learn what all my English teacher friends think of this.
As a first-year teacher of English, I found myself taking notes and gleaning ideas left and right. I disagreed with some of Denby's ideas about the literature and with some of his comments (though I'm with him on Shakespeare!), and I don't expect to take a strategy similar to the ones in the book. But the "tactical" ideas ... well worth a read!
So... what is snark?
I think I had a better idea before starting this book. The author just seemed to be on a tirade against mean-spirited humor. But then some is okay if it's ironic or clever.
I think I had a better idea before starting this book. The author just seemed to be on a tirade against mean-spirited humor. But then some is okay if it's ironic or clever.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 15
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 2,260
- Popularidade
- #11,352
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 60
- ISBN
- 56
- Línguas
- 5
