tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post8835589687419581936..comments2024-03-18T21:13:12.753-04:00Comments on Jacob Russell's Barking Dog: Artist and Critic: a Question of AuthorityJacob Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-76781216528544981982007-12-20T12:39:00.000-05:002007-12-20T12:39:00.000-05:00Sorry, I see I did use the word authority, meaning...Sorry, I see I did use the word authority, meaning no more I think than "giving a certain credibility" rather than the almost judicial quality of some great critics who pronounce who is in or out. The comment about McEwan being worth listening to because he was widely read is a sort of parody of this position I think.Nicholas Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07189263209323471368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-54234032359685467722007-12-20T12:31:00.000-05:002007-12-20T12:31:00.000-05:00This is a very much more rich and complex contribu...This is a very much more rich and complex contribution than mine! By "together" I meant that the artist and the philosopher would work through dialogue, common exploration of the same phenomena, precisely not by privileging the one over the other as poet-critics have often done eg saying Coleridge or Eliot are better critics because they are poets. I didn't actually say anything about authorityNicholas Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07189263209323471368noreply@blogger.com