Literature -- History and criticism.
PRA Archive # | Title | Description | Genre | Broadcast Date |
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BB0752.05 | Andre Gide / Francis Carmody. |
Talk on his leadership in French letters.|ANDRE GIDE / Francis Carmody... |
KPFA, 16 Nov. 1958. | |
BB0752.04 | The Novels of Marcel Proust / Francis Carmody. |
Talk on his development and impact on society. |
KPFA, 2 Nov. 1958. | |
BB0752.03 | Paul Valery / Francis Carmody. |
Talk on his political writings. |
KPFA, 14 Dec. 1958. | |
BB0752.02 | The Plays of Jean Giraudoux / Francis Carmody. |
Talk on his anti-material, romantic dramas. |
KPFA, 28 Dec. 1958. | |
BB0752.01 | Andre Malraux / Francis Carmody. |
Talk on Malraux's interpretation of society as expressed in his writings. |
KPFA, Dec. 1958. | |
BB0740.01-.06 | Protest or literary structure / Humphrey Kitto. |
Talk on literature at the Sather lectures. ,r.1. Criticism and chaos (38 min.) -- r.2. Criticism and chaos, continuted (30 min.) -- r.3.... |
KPFA, 11 Nov.-15 Dec. 1960. | |
BB0737 | The Social ideology of the angry young men / Ian P. Watt. |
Talk on the English literary school, lead by John Osborne, Kengsley Anis, and Philip Larkin, who... |
KPFA, 17 Jan. 1959. | |
BB0733 | New world of the novelist / Malcolm Dowly. |
Talk on the stress on interpersonal relations in novels. |
KPFA, 24 Apr. 1959. | |
BB0732.29 | Writers of the 30s / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On themes of 1930's novels. |
KPFA, Feb. 1960. | |
BB0732.28 | F. Scott Fitzgerald / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the underpinnings of Fitzgerald's writings. |
KPFA, 8 Feb. 1960. | |
BB0732.27 | Late California writers / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On H.L. Meneken, the early 20th century humorist. |
KPFA, 25 Jan. 1960. | |
BB0732.26 | Frank Morris, Gertrude Atherton, and Jack London / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the heyday of California writings during the late 1800's. |
KPFA, 11 Jan. 1960. | |
BB0732.25 | Theodore Dreiser / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the social aspects of Dreiser's novels. |
KPFA, 16 Nov. 1959. | |
BB0732.24 | Henry James / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the pro-American aspects of James' writings. |
KPFA, 19 Oct. 1959. | |
BB0732.23 | Mark Twain / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the author who characterized frontier humor. |
KPFA, 2 Oct. 1959. | |
BB0732.22 | Howells and realism / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the rise of American realism, particulary in the works of William Dean Howells, Ed Howe, and... |
KPFA, 2 Oct. 1959. | |
BB0732.21 | American humor / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On Henry Shaw, Charles Brown, and Edgar Nye, three early American humorists. |
KPFA, 1 June 1959. | |
BB0732.20 | The 19th century stage / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the clumsy but dynamic early plays. |
KPFA, 18 May 1959. | |
BB0732.19 | Early California writers / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On Waukeen Miller, Bret Hart, and Ambrose Bierce, and their popularization of California. |
KPFA, 4 May 1959. | |
BB0732.18 | The Early western / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the development of a popular image of the frontier. |
KPFA, 24 Apr. 1959. | |
BB0732.17 | The Civil War / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On literature about the Civil War which emerged from popular culture. |
KPFA, 23 Mar. 1959. | |
BB0732.16 | The Southern poets / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the antebellum poets Henry Timrod, Paul Hamilton Hayen, and Sidney Lanier. |
KPFA, 6 Apr. 1959. | |
BB0732.15 | Herman Melville / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the positive and negative aspects of Melville's writings. |
KPFA, 9 Mar. 1959. | |
BB0732.14 | Nathanial Hawthorne / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the moral basis of his transendentalist writings. |
KPFA, 23 Feb. 1959. | |
BB0732.13 | Walt Whitman / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On his romantic writing and its impact on American letters. |
KPFA, 9 Feb. 1959. | |
BB0732.12 | Henry David Thoreau / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On Thoreau's philosophy and lifestyle. |
KPFA, 30 Jan. 1959. | |
BB0732.11 | Ralph Waldo Emerson / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On Emerson's important contribution to the development of an American identity. |
KPFA, 12 Jan. 1959. | |
BB0732.10 | Edgar Allen Poe / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On Poe as an outsider to the mainstream of American letters. |
KPFA, 1 Dec. 1958. | |
BB0732.09 | New England poets : 1800-1850 / produced by Byron Bryant. |
Discussion of Phillip Frennaux, William Cullen Bryant, and Henry Longfellow. |
KPFA, 29 Nov. 1958. | |
BB0732.08 | The Beginnings of the American novel / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the initial excesses and shortcomings of early American novelists. |
KPFA, 17 Nov. 1958. | |
BB0732.07 | Washington Irving / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On his contribution to American literature. |
KPFA, 10 Nov. 1958. | |
BB0732.06 | Literary personality development / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the American literary tradition during the late 1700's. |
KPFA, 3 Nov. 1958. | |
BB0732.05 | Benjamin Franklin / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On Franklin's common sense responses to Puritan thought. |
KPFA, 27 Oct. 1958. | |
BB0732.04 | Jonathan Edwards / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On Edwards role as a Puritan author and leader of the Great Awakening. |
KPFA, 24 Oct. 1958. | |
BB0732.03 | The Mathers : America's first literary family / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the literary impact of the Mathers. |
KPFA, 13 Oct. 1958. | |
BB0732.02 | Early Puritan writers / produced by Byron Bryant. |
Evaluation of Puritan psychology based on their writings. |
KPFA, 6 Oct. 1958. | |
BB0732.01 | The Native Americans / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On pre-contact viewpoints and the introduction of European influences. |
KPFA, Oct. 1958. | |
BB0171 | California history through literature / James Hart. |
Talk on the distorted image of Spanish California presented in American literature. |
KPFA, 26 Sept. 1959. | |
AZ0621.04 | Vampire stories / Robert Tracy and Joan Keefe ; produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy. |
Themes of vampires and death in Irish literature. Wanda McCadden reads from Carmilla by Sheridan... |
KPFA, 1982. | |
AZ0621.02 | Is herself in the house? / Robert Tracy and Joan Keefe ; produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy. |
Grammatical idiosyncracies of the Irish language combined with socio-political influences are... |
KPFA, 1982. | |
AZ0621.01 | The Irish predicament / Brenden O'Hehir, Robert Tracy, and Joan Keefe ; produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy. |
Themes and characteristics of Irish writing: preoccupation with death, history, words, non-... |
KPFA, 1982. |