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The Critical Review
Critical Review may refer to: * ''The Critical Review'' (newspaper), English newspaper published from 1756 to 1817 * ''The Critical Review'' (Chinese journal), a Chinese academic journal published from 1922 to 1933 * ''Critical Review'' (Brown University), student publication of course evaluations at Brown University, published since 1976 * ''Critical Review'' (American journal), a scholarly quarterly published by the Critical Review Foundation since 1986 {{Disambiguation ...
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The Critical Review (newspaper)
''The Critical Review'' was a British publication appearing from 1756 to 1817. It was first edited by Tobias Smollett, from 1756 to 1763. Contributors included Samuel Johnson, David Hume, John Hunter, and Oliver Goldsmith. Early years The Edinburgh printer Archibald Hamilton started publishing ''The Critical Review'' in 1756 with Tobias Smollett as its first editor. The content was mainly book reviews, which were often long and favourable, with copious verbatim quotations. The Tory and High Church perspectives of contributors came through clearly, however. Besides Smollett, the writers of the first two volumes have been identified as John Armstrong, Samuel Derrick, Thomas Francklin, and Patrick Murdoch. After a libel against Admiral Sir Charles Knowles in the ''Review'', Smollett was sentenced to a fine of £100 and three months in King's Bench Prison. In 1763 he retired from the ''Review'', but left it as an influential publication. Sources External links Full texts ...
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The Critical Review (Chinese Journal)
''The Critical Review'', also known as ''Xueheng'' in Chinese, was a major Chinese-language journal that supports traditional Chinese culture during the New Culture Movement. Generally regarded as cultural conservatism, the scholars who published on the journal, including Wu Mi Wu Mi () (August 20, 1894 – January 17, 1978) (once using the name Wu Yuheng () was one of the founders of Chinese comparative literature, a literary critic, critic, redologist (one who studies the Chinese classic book ''Dream of the Red Chambe ..., , Hu Xiansu, Liu Yizheng and , were termed the Critical Review Group or the Xueheng School, based at Nanjing University, National Southeastern University. History In the late 1910s, the debates about Chinese culture and language divided the Chinese students in the United States. Among the students, Hu Xianxiao and Zhu Guangdi proposed to publish a journal, which was echoed by Liu Boming and Ma Zonghuo, and later joined by Wu Mi and Liu Yimou. The Critical ...
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Critical Review (Brown University)
The ''Critical Review'' is a student publication that produces reviews of course offerings at Brown University. The student group that produces it is also called the Critical Review. The reviews are written by Brown students from course evaluation questionnaires distributed to class members in the final days of the academic semester. Its purpose is to help students make informed course choices and to help instructors improve pedagogical techniques by supplementing the information iThe Brown Course Announcementwith real student experiences. History The first decade: format and process In 1976, just seven years after Brown's " New Curriculum" had been announced, ''The Other View: A Consumer's Guide to Courses at Brown'' was started by a group of Brown undergraduates as a publication of the Undergraduate Council of Students. In this annual magazine, students wrote reviews of courses based on responses to both the organization's own questionnaires and also based on departmental qu ...
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