The New Rhetoric of Prize Commentary – James English

 The New Rhetoric of Prize Commentary – James English

·         “..in the world of prizes, rapid prestige accumulation is often coupled with nearly constant ridicule and disparagement on the part of experts in the arts press and the popular media”

·         “..the fact that a prize makes good economic sense does not mean that it makes good symbolic or cultural sense”

·         “..”celebrity sadism” as one commentator called it ensured that incidents of scandalous misbehavior..would occur even more often and could be even more eagerly anticipated”