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Do media critics who use various theories of literary criticism in their review of a work generally judge the overall quality of the work based on its messages?

For example, if a work has a political message that opposes feminism, would critics who subscribe to feminist theory at least in the academia of the western world be more negative regarding its overall quality because of it even if other qualities such as plots and characterization are solid? Is there any sites or online publication I could go to learn more about how these matters are handled? 70.95.44.93 (talk) 01:37, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

"CEO behind the product"

Does the phrase "John Doe, X-Group's CEO behind the new product..." make sense when John Doe is not the CEO of X-Group, but the CEO of an unmentioned subsidiary company that issued "the new product"? --KnightMove (talk) 06:45, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Doesn't make sense to me. Sounds like marketing hype. HiLo48 (talk) 06:51, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

This is from a marketing hype statement. However, also such statements can be self-consistent and say what they want... or not. So... thank you for confirming it's not. --KnightMove (talk) 10:45, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) No; as stated (although ambiguous), John Doe is the implied CEO of X-Group. Perhaps: "...an X-Group CEO who is..." would imply that there are other CEOs in X-Group, but John Doe is the one behind the new product ("...an X-Group CEO behind..." would erroneously imply that more than one CEO is behind the new product). —2606:A000:1126:4CA:0:98F2:CFF6:1782 (talk) 07:00, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

I would suggest something like: “John Doe, CEO of Ycorp (a subsidiary of X-Group)” I think that would make things clearer for the reader. Blueboar (talk) 11:33, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Poem about an old white horse, hussars, and the Sudan Campaign

In the preface to The Poems and Plays of John Masefield John Masefield mentions one of the first poems which moved him - "A poem about An Old White Horse, in some way connected with the 10th Hussars in the Soudan Campaign. This poem appeared in a daily paper, perhaps The Standard, perhaps The Daily Telegraph,during or just after, the Soudan Campaign." I would like to know what the poem was. DuncanHill (talk) 23:25, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

I think that must be "A Tale of the Tenth Hussars" by Clement Scott. Though it first appeared in Punch it could doubtless have been reprinted in either of those papers. But I don't understand, where's the Lloyd George connection? --Antiquary (talk) 09:14, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

Brilliant, that must be it, thank you. I'm sure I've read it before, many years ago. Armed with that information, I was able to find the 10th Royal Hussars Gazette of January 1910, which reproduces the poem with a little more information. The battle was the Battle of El Teb on the 29th of February 1884, Trooper Hayes was this gallant chap, and from this, the Man on the Old White Horse was Baker Pasha. Haven't found a Lloyd George connexion, but was looking for the Masefield poem quoted by Nevil Shute in No Highway. Didn't find the poem I was looking for, but did find this. DuncanHill (talk) 11:42, 21 June 2018 (UTC)