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1. On Criticism

   By Noel Carroll

   Series: Thinking in Action

   In a recent poll of practicing art critics, 75 percent reported that rendering judgments on artworks was the least significant aspect of their job. This is a troubling statistic for philosopher and critic Noel Carroll, who argues that that the proper task of the critic is not simply to...

   Published October 13th 2008 by Routledge
2. The Philosophy of Horror

   Or, Paradoxes of the Heart

   By Noel Carroll

   Noel Carroll, film scholar and philosopher, offers the first serious look at the aesthetics of horror. In this book he discusses the nature and narrative structures of the genre, dealing with horror as a "transmedia" phenomenon. A fan and serious student of the horror genre, Carroll brings to bear...

   Published January 18th 1990 by Routledge