A Book Review of Phillipa K. Chong’s Inside the Critics’ Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times

Year 2020, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 179 - 181, 25.12.2020

Abdullah Al Hurmuzı

Abstract

In this academic book, Phillipa K. Chong aims to investigate the rarefied domain of journalistic review of books, distinguished from essayistic and academic criticism, emphasizing on the process of evaluating fiction and the way critics perceive their work. The book is structured in three sections that explore the way in which epistemic, social, and institutional uncertainty affect the way book reviewers come to a literary judgment. Chong presents an in-depth view of the profession of book reviewing that offers a remarkable look at the world of critics.

Keywords

epistemic uncertainty, social uncertainty, institutional uncertainty

Thanks

I like to thank the journal editorial board members.

References

• Chong, P. K. (2020). Inside the critics' circle: Book reviewing in uncertain times. Princeton, USA: Princeton University Press.