As Others Read Us: American Fiction Abroad : Introduction to the series

Item Information

Title:
As Others Read Us: American Fiction Abroad : Introduction to the series
Description:
From a series of radio broadcasts exploring European reactions to major American novelists, discussed by major American and European literary critics, prompted by post-World War realities and the Cold War. Introduction -- Frederick Ellert, providing background (00:00:55) -- Robert Penn Warren keynoting, discussing context of the series (00:02:57) -- John Dos Passos reading a vignette (00:22:53) -- John Steinbeck reading from the Grapes of Wrath (00:26:34) -- William Faulkner reading from The Bear (00:33:19) -- Ellert discussing the series (00:38:25) -- Mme. Claude-Edmonde Magny discussing the American novel from a European perspective (00:40:18).
Moderator:
Ellert, Frederick C.
Date:
1956
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Genre:
Audiocassettes
Broadcasts
Radio programs
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
University of Massachusetts Literary Society Collection
Subjects:
Novelists, American
University of Massachusetts Amherst. Department of English
Literary Society of the University of Massachusetts
Extent:
1 audio recording ; 00:56:51
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/murg040_3_l4-i001
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Amherst (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
murg040_3_l4-i001