Literature -- History and criticism.
| PRA Archive # | Title | Description | Genre |
Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| BB0732.23 | Mark Twain / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the author who characterized frontier humor. |
KPFA, 2 Oct. 1959. | |
| BB2850 | A. Okion Ojigbo on African literature / interviewed by Bob Sitton. |
Discussion of the long tradition in African literature. |
KPFA, 2 Nov. 1970. | |
| BB0752.04 | The Novels of Marcel Proust / Francis Carmody. |
Talk on his development and impact on society. |
KPFA, 2 Nov. 1958. | |
| BB0851 | The Contemporary novel / Alfred Kazin, George Elliott, Herbert Gold, Evan McConnell Jr. |
Panel discusses language, characterization, and focus in the modern novel. |
KPFA, 2 May 1963. | |
| BB1047 | Prolegomena to any future study of Winnie the Pooh / Frederick Crews. |
Humorous view of European literary criticism. |
KPFA, 2 Dec. 1964. | |
| BB2785 | Shakespeare and the sonnet tradition / Dr. Aleksander V. Nejgebauer ; introduced by Matthew Zion. |
Talk on the sonnet tradition of the Renaissance, and its ultimate development by Shakespeare.... |
KPFA, 2 Apr. 1968. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| AZ0621.04 | 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. | |
| BC2480 | The History of literature / by Nanos Valaoritis. |
Dramatization of the development of modern literature. |
KPFA, 1975. | |
| BC1360 | The Gravity of falling in love / Theodore Roszak ; interviewed by Clare Spark. |
Author of The Making of the Counter-Culture discusses his work. Also inlcudes statements by... |
KPFA, 1973. | |
| BB1011.01-.11 | Kenneth Rexroth on books. |
Series of lectures about world literature. ,r.1. Books on the Orient : Buddhism (32 min.) -- r.2. Books reviewed (ca. 30 min.) -- r.3. Ira... |
KPFA, 1959. | |
| BB0732.24 | Henry James / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the pro-American aspects of James' writings. |
KPFA, 19 Oct. 1959. | |
| BB4122 | Was Homer an illiterate improviser? / Douglas Young. |
Talk about both the oral and literary ability of Homer. |
KPFA, 19 Dec. 1970. | |
| BB2128 | The Literature of Acedia / written and read by L.W. Michaelson. |
Examination of American literature devoted to a philosophy of waste. |
KPFA, 19 Dec. 1966. | |
| BB0981 | The English novel today : from Dickens to Snow / Angus Wilson. |
Talk on the evolution of the modern English novel. |
KPFA, 18 Nov. 1961. | |
| BB0732.20 | The 19th century stage / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the clumsy but dynamic early plays. |
KPFA, 18 May 1959. | |
| 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. | |
| BB2048 | From Beowolf to Virginia Woolf / Robert Mason Meyers. |
Discussion of the history of English literature based on source material compiled by Meyers. |
KPFA, 17 Jul. 1967. | |
| 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. | |
| BB0732.25 | Theodore Dreiser / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the social aspects of Dreiser's novels. |
KPFA, 16 Nov. 1959. | |
| BB0752.05 | Andre Gide / Francis Carmody. |
Talk on his leadership in French letters.|ANDRE GIDE / Francis Carmody... |
KPFA, 16 Nov. 1958. | |
| BB2024.04 | Edgar Rice Burroughs / Vern Coriell and Stanley B. Vinson. |
Discussion of Burroughs' lesser known science fiction works. |
KPFA, 15 Nov. 1968. | |
| BB0893.01 | Post-modern fiction and moral uncertainty / Irving Howe. |
Talk on the growth of an American moralistic school of writing after World War II.|POST-MODERN... |
KPFA, 15 Nov. 1962. | |
| BB4449.02 | Henry James / Alfred Kazin. |
Talk on the writing of James; his existential perspective, the relation of sex and betrayal, his... |
KPFA, 15 May 1963. | |
| BB1840 | The New novel in the age of science / Gore Vidal. |
Author talks about new forms of literature. |
KPFA, 15 Jan. 1967. | |
| BB1099 | Florence Becker Lennon program / Donald Keene. |
Talk on the influence of the West upon Japanese literature. |
KPFA, 15 Feb. 1959. | |
| BB0752.03 | Paul Valery / Francis Carmody. |
Talk on his political writings. |
KPFA, 14 Dec. 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. | |
| BB2041 | Goethe's Faust as man and superman / Helmut Reder. |
A comparison of Faust with its origins in literature, analysing it as representing the... |
KPFA, 13 Dec. 1966. | |
| BB0843.01-.02 | The Autobiography of my books / Christopher Isherwood. |
Talk on his life and development. ,r.1. On his life before and during World War II (42 min.) -- r.2. On his life after World War II... |
KPFA, 12-19 Aug. 1963. | |
| 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. | |
| BB0868B | War of the critics / Dwight Macdonald, John Simon, Pauline Kael. |
Panel discussion on techniques of literary criticism. |
KPFA, 12 Dec. 1963. | |
| BB0868A | War of the critics / Dwight Macdonald, John Simon, Pauline Kael. |
Panel discussion on techniques of literary criticism. |
KPFA, 12 Dec. 1963. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| BB0732.07 | Washington Irving / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On his contribution to American literature. |
KPFA, 10 Nov. 1958. | |
| BB0732.21 | American humor / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On Henry Shaw, Charles Brown, and Edgar Nye, three early American humorists. |
KPFA, 1 June 1959. | |
| BB0732.10 | Edgar Allen Poe / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On Poe as an outsider to the mainstream of American letters. |
KPFA, 1 Dec. 1958. | |
| BB1563 | The Work of Paul Baran / Moses Abramovitz, Herbert Marcuse. |
Talks appraising Baran's writing.|THE WORK OF PAUL BARAN / Moses Abramovitz and Herbert... |
KPFA, 1 Apr. 196-. |
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