Literature -- History and criticism.
PRA Archive # | Title | Description | Genre | Broadcast Date |
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BB3893 | Books to buy, borrow, or burn. |
Review of Herman Hesse's book Under the Wheel. |
WBAI, 24 Nov. 1968. | |
BB4033 | James and his critics / moderated by Elizabeth Pollet. |
Leon Edel, Elizabeth Hardwick, and P.W. Dupee discuss the writing of James Joyce. |
WBAI, 14 Jan. 1963. | |
BB4122 | Was Homer an illiterate improviser? / Douglas Young. |
Talk about both the oral and literary ability of Homer. |
KPFA, 19 Dec. 1970. | |
BB4449.01 | Tradition as style : the education of Henry Adams / Alfred Kazin. |
Talk on the literary traditions that shaped the perspective and style of Henry Adams.|TRADITION... |
WBAI, 8 May 1963. | |
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. | |
BB4449.03 | An Appreciation of Huckleberry Finn : Mark Twain's style / Alfred Kazin. |
Talk on the powerfully innocent social commentary of Mark Twain.|AN APPRECIATION OF HUCKLEBERRY... |
KPFA, 22 May 1963. | |
BB4449.04 | The Code of the big city : from Leaves of Grass to Speciman Days / Alfred Kazin. |
Talk on the influence of urbanization on American literature. |
KPFA, June 1963. | |
BB4449.05 | William Dean Howells and the novel of manners / Alfred Kazin. |
Talk on Howells' focus on customs and manners. |
KPFA, 5 June 1963. | |
BB4449.06 | Theodore Dreiser and the coming of naturalism / Alfred Kazin. |
Talk about American literature and the influence of naturalism. |
KPFK, 17 Aug. 1963. | |
BB4454.05 | Death and rebirth in Shakespeare's The Tempest / Joseph Henderson. |
Talk on the psychological forces in Shakespeare's drama. |
KPFA, 4 Apr. 1966. | |
BB4466.01-.09 | Writers at work / interviews by Frank Roberts. |
Authors discuss their lives, objectives, and current works. ,r.1. Richard Lid (45 min.) -- r.2. C.Y. Lee (51 min.) -- r.3. Ben Maddow (55 min.) -- r.4.... |
KPFK, Nov. 1965. | |
BB4863 | The Banquet years : the American invasion / Stephen Longstreet. |
Speech about the cross-Atlantic literary and artistic traditions. |
KPFK, 12 May 1965. | |
BB4896 | The Dye that did not run / by Nelson Algren ; read by Jack Hirschman. |
Reading of Algren's The Nation article about the life and work of Ernest Hemingway. |
KPFK, 29 Aug. 1962. | |
BB4910 | German literature emigrates to California / written and read by Klaus Pringsheim. |
Discussion of the influx of German authors into California. |
KPFK, 16 Jan. 1969. | |
BB4917 | Hamlet : everyman's passive hero / Dr. John Monteyerdi. |
Evaluation of the character of Hamlet. |
KPFK, 26 Apr. 1964. | |
BB4960 | The Novel in contemporary British society / Angus Wilson. |
Talk on the role of the novel in a changing urban world. |
KPFK, 26 Oct. 1960. | |
BB4968 | From pricks to pim / Ray Federman. |
Analysis of the writing of Samuel Beckett. |
KPFK, 4 Jan. 1965. | |
BB4984 | Shakespeare's Richard II : a universal state of feelings / John Monteverdi. |
Talk on the universality of the characterizations in Richard II.|SHAKESPEARE'S RICHARD II... |
KPFK, 4 Apr. 1964. | |
BB5005 | To be or not to be / by William Shakespeare. |
Analysis of Hamlet's famous soliloquy in four languages.|TO BE OR NOT TO BE / William... |
KPFK, 16 Sept. 1964. | |
BB5011 | Tough guy : L.A. style / by Philip Durham and Jack Hirschman ; read by Steve Wells. |
Examination of Raymond Chandler's detective novels and the portrait he paints of Los... |
KPFK, 17 Nov. 1963. | |
BB5035 | Samuel Beckett's Theatre / Judith J. Radke ; read by Lee Whiting. |
Reading of Radke's analysis of Beckett's work. |
KPFK, 30 Dec. 1962. | |
BB5036 | Chaos to Christ : a psychological commentary on the life and works of Dostoevsky / read by Harvey Mindess. |
Examination of the life and work of Fyodor Dostoevsky. |
KPFK, 8 May 1963. | |
BB5058 | Shakespeare and religion / Aldous Huxley ; read by David Ossman. |
Reading of article by Huxley a few hours before his death.|SHAKESPEARE AND RELIGION / aldous... |
KPFK, 21 Apr. 1964. | |
BB5087 | Krazy kat : a portrait in depth / by E.E. Cummings ; read by Norman Belkin. |
Reading of an analysis of George Herriman's characters.|KRAZY KAT : A PORTRAIT IN DEPTH / E... |
KPFK, 11 Jan. 1963. | |
BB5172 | Hero motifs in fairy tales |
Clare (Loeb) Spark introduces Dr. Harold Stone, clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst, and... |
American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy | KPFK, 28 June 1971. |
BB5180 | Poetry : after Auschwitz / Reinhard Lettau. |
Talk on the impact of World War II horrors upon the artistic community around the world. |
KPFK, 9 Apr. 1969. | |
BB5207 | Escape! Anthony Boucher. |
Boucher discusses detective and suspense books. |
KPFA, 20 Oct. 1967. | |
BB5313 | Mikhail Sholokhov / William Mandel. |
Mandel discusses the author of And Quiet Flows the Don and recipient of l965 Nobel Prize for... |
KPFA, 4 Dec. 1965. | |
BB5359.05 | A Very old man with enormous wings / by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ; read by Jane Wagner. |
Reading of M2.arquez's short story.|A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS / by Gabrile Garcia... |
WBAI, 14 Apr. 1972. | |
BC0437.02 | Walt Whitman / Jascha Kessler. (Episode 2 of 5) |
Kessler reads and discusses the prophetic nature of Whitman's writings. |
KPFK, 8 Nov. 1971. | |
BC0888 | Anais Nin interviewed by Frank Roberts on the publication of The Diary of Anais Nin. |
Francis (Frank) Roberts interviews author Anais Nin (1903-1977) on the occasion of the... |
American Women -- Authors and journalists | KPFK, April 25, 1966 and 1972 (date unknown) |
BC0899 | The novel of the future : realism and reality in the novel |
Anais Nin (1902-1977) introduces this program as a summary of many discussions she's had... |
American Women -- Poetry | KPFK, February? 1972 |
BC1237 | Book notes / Beatrice Levin. |
Author discusses literature and writers. ,r.1. Rousseau's small war with England (13 min.) ; contemporary American Jewish authors (15... |
KPFT, 1970. | |
BC1259 | The Pound Ezra / by Dr. Hugh Kenner. |
Kenner joins Georg Gugelberger, Paul Vangelisti and Everett Frost in a discussion of Ezra's... |
KPFK, 1973. | |
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. | |
BC1890 | E. Howard Hunt : the man and his novels / Lee McLaren ; interviewed by Mike Hodel. |
English professor discusses Hunt's writing. |
KPFK, 24 Sept. 1973. | |
BC2480 | The History of literature / by Nanos Valaoritis. |
Dramatization of the development of modern literature. |
KPFA, 1975. | |
BC2666 | A Tribute to I.F. Stone. |
Actuality of the presentation of the Eleanor Roosevelt Peace Award to I.F. Stone. Includes... |
WBAI, 15 Nov. 1975. | |
BC2815.06 | Post Civil War girls and the American nightmare / Cynthia Wolff (Program 6 of 6) |
Cynthia Wolff, Associate Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, takes a look... |
American Women -- Parenting and children | KPFK, 1975 |
KZ1342 | Who was Orwell describing? / Jacobo Timmerman. |
Speech before the Los Angeles PEN Conference on George Orwell's writing, particularly how... |
KPFK, 19 Nov. 1983. | |
SZ0378 | Poet Philip Whalen / interviewed by Jack Loeffler. |
Discussion of the Beat literary movement. Includes a performance of G.F. Handel's Concerto... |
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