American Writers: The Spoken Word

Synopsis: This three-CD set includes recordings of 27 celebrated American writers, starting from the earliest generation whose voices survive. The majority of the recordings derive from BBC radio broadcasts, in which the writers talk about their careers, their art and their politics. From historic recordings of Gertrude Stein, Eugene O’Neill and F Scott Fitzgerald to more recent interviews with James Michener, Arthur Miller and Toni Morrison, this compilation covers novelists and playwrights at the forefront of literature in the 20th century. Most of the recordings are being published here for the first time

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Series: Spoken Word, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2008
Availability: out of distribution
Subjects: Drama; English language and literature; Literature
Keywords: archive sound recordings; literature - American; playwrights; radio broadcasting; writers - American; literature - 20th century

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Price: sample tracks
Delivery: Streamed

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Notes: A range of audio publications related to the collections of the British Library’s Sound Archive. Historical topics, wildlife sounds, world music, art and literature are particularly strongly represented. There are also a few DVDs, videos and CD-ROMs based on holdings in the BL. Some of the titles are available for paid audio download.

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