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Raymond Carver - Dreams Are What You Wake Up from

Synopsis
When Raymond Carver died in 1988, he was mourned as a national literary figure and shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize, yet only ten years earlier he was marooned in a drying-out clinic. From his experiences, his alcoholism, bankruptcies, years spent in trailer parks and motel rooms, BBC ‘Omnibus’ shows how Carver produced stories and poems about the other side of the American dream - about the people whose dreams go belly-up.
Series
Omnibus, Series
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of production
1989
Subjects
Literature
Keywords
Carver, Raymond; literature - American; poetry; writers - American

Distribution Formats

Type
VHS
Format
PAL
Price
£125.00
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
60 minutes
Year
2004

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact
Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email
BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
Web
https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone
+44 (0) 20 8433 1009
Address
BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK
Notes
The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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