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Book Review of What Good Are the Arts?

What Good Are the Arts?
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How can we say that one work of art eclipses another? Are certain art forms superior to the others? The author, a reviewer and lit prof at Oxford, attempts to answer those questions, and he does so in an engaging and readable book. In my top five favorite books read in 2006.