Shrum, Wesley,  1953- <br/><br/>
Fringe and fortune :  the role of critics in high and popular art / 
Wesley Monroe Shrum, Jr. 
 - xvi, 284 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index. 
<br/><br/> List of Illustrations --  List of Tables --  Preface --  Introduction: A Critic's New Clothes --  Cultural Mediation and the Status Bargain --  Critics in the Performing Arts --  Development of the Festival Fringe --  Festivals and the Modern Fringe --  Myth of the Fringe --  Do Critics Matter? --  Critical Evaluation --  Do Performers Listen? --  Beyond Formal Evaluation --  Discourse and Hierarchy --  Epilogue --  Appendix A: Review Genres --  Appendix B: Methodological Note --  Appendix C: Note on the Mediation and Reception --  Appendix D: Tables --  Notes --  Bibliography --  Index.  Ch. 1.  Ch. 2.  Ch. 3.  Ch. 4.  Ch. 5.  Ch. 6.  Ch. 7.  Ch. 8.  Ch. 9.  Ch. 10. 
<br/><br/> Item looks at the role and impact of critics with reference mainly to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0691026572 9780691026572 0691021457 9780691021454 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96004417 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>Edinburgh Fringe (Festival)<br/>Edinburgh Fringe (Festival)--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art and society.<br/>Art and society--Congresses<br/>Art criticism<br/>Art criticism--Congresses<br/>Popular culture.<br/>Popular culture--Congresses<br/>Social classes<br/>Social classes--Congresses
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N72.S6  / S47 1996 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>700.103