Literature -- History and criticism.
| PRA Archive # |
Title |
Description | Genre | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| BC2480 | The History of literature / by Nanos Valaoritis. |
Dramatization of the development of modern literature. |
KPFA, 1975. | |
| 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. | |
| BB2840.01-.04 | The Justice of Zeus / Hugh Lloyd-Jones. |
Lectures on the moral and intellectual traditions in Greek mythology. ,r.1. The Iliad (68 min.) -- r.2. Pollution and purification (57 min.) -- r.3. Aeschylus and the... |
KPFA, Jan.-Feb. 1970. | |
| BB1848.01 | The Literary scene / Colin Wilson. |
Talk on the contemporary literary scene in England, America, and continental Europe. |
KPFA, 9 May 1968. | |
| 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. | |
| BB0732.03 | The Mathers : America's first literary family / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the literary impact of the Mathers. |
KPFA, 13 Oct. 1958. | |
| BB0732.01 | The Native Americans / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On pre-contact viewpoints and the introduction of European influences. |
KPFA, Oct. 1958. | |
| BB1840 | The New novel in the age of science / Gore Vidal. |
Author talks about new forms of literature. |
KPFA, 15 Jan. 1967. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 |
| BB3643 | The Novelist's view of Anglo-American fiction / Saul Bellow, Angus Wilson, and Elizabeth Kerr. |
Three novelists discuss modern English fiction.|THE NOVELIST'S VIEW OF ANGLO-AMERICAN... |
WBAI, 24 Apr. 1961. | |
| BB0752.04 | The Novels of Marcel Proust / Francis Carmody. |
Talk on his development and impact on society. |
KPFA, 2 Nov. 1958. | |
| BB0752.02 | The Plays of Jean Giraudoux / Francis Carmody. |
Talk on his anti-material, romantic dramas. |
KPFA, 28 Dec. 1958. | |
| 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. | |
| BB1101.01 | The Problem of faith in literature / moderated by Robert O. Bowen. |
George Bluestone and Charles Gullans discuss the image of religion in literature. |
KPFA, 5 Sept. 1959. | |
| 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. | |
| BB0732.16 | The Southern poets / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the antebellum poets Henry Timrod, Paul Hamilton Hayen, and Sidney Lanier. |
KPFA, 6 Apr. 1959. | |
| BB2024.08 | The Tolkien society / Ed Meskys, Al Halvey, and Peter S. Beagle. |
Discussion of the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. |
KPFA, 30 Nov. 1968. | |
| BB0900 | The tradition of Negro writing |
Talk by Saunders Redding on the history of Black literature from caricature to protest to... |
KPFA, 21 Sept. 1964. | |
| BB0893.03 | The Unholy I / Herbert Gold. |
Talk on the separation of authors from the comman person. |
KPFA, 7 Nov. 1962. | |
| 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-. | |
| BB0732.25 | Theodore Dreiser / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On the social aspects of Dreiser's novels. |
KPFA, 16 Nov. 1959. | |
| BB4449.06 | Theodore Dreiser and the coming of naturalism / Alfred Kazin. |
Talk about American literature and the influence of naturalism. |
KPFK, 17 Aug. 1963. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| BB0771.06 | Tragedy / Eric Bentley. |
Talk on tragedy and anxiety. |
WBAI, 26 July 1961. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| BB0732.13 | Walt Whitman / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On his romantic writing and its impact on American letters. |
KPFA, 9 Feb. 1959. | |
| BB0868A | War of the critics / Dwight Macdonald, John Simon, Pauline Kael. |
Panel discussion on techniques of literary criticism. |
KPFA, 12 Dec. 1963. | |
| BB0868B | War of the critics / Dwight Macdonald, John Simon, Pauline Kael. |
Panel discussion on techniques of literary criticism. |
KPFA, 12 Dec. 1963. | |
| BB4122 | Was Homer an illiterate improviser? / Douglas Young. |
Talk about both the oral and literary ability of Homer. |
KPFA, 19 Dec. 1970. | |
| BB0732.07 | Washington Irving / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On his contribution to American literature. |
KPFA, 10 Nov. 1958. | |
| BB3470 | Whither science fiction? / moderated by Baird Searles. |
Authors Thomas Disch, Joanna Russ, and Terry Carr discuss the literary merits of science fiction... |
WBAI, 1 Mar. 1970. | |
| 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. | |
| BB4449.05 | William Dean Howells and the novel of manners / Alfred Kazin. |
Talk on Howells' focus on customs and manners. |
KPFA, 5 June 1963. | |
| 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. | |
| BB0732.29 | Writers of the 30s / produced by Byron Bryant. |
On themes of 1930's novels. |
KPFA, Feb. 1960. | |
| BB3649 | Yale report |
Authors R.W.B. Lewis, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and William Styron discuss modern fiction... |
WBAI, 29 Sept. 1967. |
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