American writers on writing

Updike, Roth, Barth, Irving: their names reverberate in the halls of modern American literature. In this NewsHour program, these four literary icons - along with the highly regarded writers Frank McCourt and Susan Sontag - offer insights into their books and the heady, and sometimes frustrating, pro...

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Other Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2008], c2006.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (75 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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505 0 |a Frank McCourt: State of Poverty (3:37) -- Frank McCourt: Narrative Voice (3:34) -- Frank McCourt: Poverty to Wealth (1:42) -- John Barth: Writer's Craft (3:50) -- John Barth: Art of the Short Story (2:52) -- John Barth: Narrative Time (3:16) -- John Irving: From Book to Cinema (2:54) -- John Irving: On Adapting a Novel to Film (3:11) -- John Irving: On Writing the Screenplay of "The Cider House Rules" (4:15) -- John Irving: Verisimilitude (2:18) -- Susan Sontag: Novels (1:57) -- Susan Sontag: Story of a Novel (2:33) -- Susan Sontag: Fictional Characters (3:59) -- Susan Sontag: Activism (4:20) -- John Updike on Writing and America's Middle Class (4:20) -- John Updike's Narrative Techniques (4:35) -- John Updike: Contemporary Works (1:35) -- Philip Roth on Acting on an Idea for a Novel (3:11) -- Philip Roth on Narrative Perspective and Alternate History (5:33) -- Philip Roth on Writing a Novel (3:22) -- Philip Roth's Writing Career (5:47) 
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520 |a Updike, Roth, Barth, Irving: their names reverberate in the halls of modern American literature. In this NewsHour program, these four literary icons - along with the highly regarded writers Frank McCourt and Susan Sontag - offer insights into their books and the heady, and sometimes frustrating, process of writing them. Episodes include...* Irish Ashes - A Conversation with Frank McCourt: Elizabeth Farnsworth speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Frank McCourt about his Irish childhood and his best-selling memoir Angela's Ashes. * Art of the Story - A Conversation with John Barth: Elizabeth Farnsworth is joined by John Barth, author of epic-length novels and the shortest of short stories, to talk about storytelling and his book On with the Story. * From Print to Film - A Conversation with John Irving: Elizabeth Farnsworth interviews novelist/screenwriter John Irving on adapting his novels for the cinema, with a focus on The Cider House Rules. * Wake Up, America - A Conversation with Susan Sontag: "Be serious, be passionate, wake up." Elizabeth Farnsworth engages writer/photographer Susan Sontag on her book In America. * Early Years, Early Stories - A Conversation with John Updike: Jeffrey Brown speaks with John Updike about his early career as an author and his anthology The Early Stories: 1953-1975. * The Plot Thickens - A Conversation with Philip Roth: Jeffrey Brown and author Philip Roth talk about Roth's novel The Plot Against America. * Philip Roth - Looking Back: Jeffrey Brown and Philip Roth examine the creative process against the backdrop of Roth's long and prolific career as a writer of fiction. 
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