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American literature History 20th century American literature History 21st century British literature History 20th century British literature History 21st century Drama 20th century Drama 21st century Irish literature History 20th century Irish literature History 21st century Theater History 20th century Theater History 21st centurySummary: A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea. These titles immediately bring to mind the adventurous life of their Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Ernest Hemingway. This program explores his life and literary psyche through the eyes of those who knew him. As the program progresses, the many identities of Hemingway are revealed: husband, journalist, World War I...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Few contemporary writers have captured the image of "everyman" as well as American short story writer, poet, and essayist, Raymond Carver. In this program, fellow writers, Carver's wife, and others discuss his lower-middle-class roots in the Northwest as the source of inspiration for his characters and stories. In rare interviews filmed before his death, Carver speaks candidly about his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This program covers Baldwin's life, from his youth in Harlem to later years as an expatriate in Paris to his death in 1987. Interviews with the author, his contemporaries, and critics create an intriguing portrait of Baldwin the man, the writer, and avid civil rights activist. The program explores Baldwin's views on the African-American experience through his writings, which include the novels...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Few writers conveyed the spirit of the roaring twenties as accurately as F. Scott Fitzgerald. In this program, writer Jay McInerny, Fitzgerald biographer Scott Donaldson, and others talk about Fitzgerald's life, writing, and marriage to the ill-fated Zelda. Fitzgerald's ascent to the dizzying heights of Paris literary society and later failure as a Hollywood screenwriter are documented. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Read by noted actors Michael Gough, Edward Fox, and Eileen Atkins, T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land powerfully expresses the disillusionment and disgust of the post-World War I era in Europe. In this program, Professor Frank Kermode, of Cambridge University; Eliot biographer Peter Ackroyd; and poets Sir Stephen Spender and Craig Raine examine the complex nature of Eliot's influential poem, analyze...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005