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...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2008], c2006.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (75 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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)