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Martin Amis discusses his work and view on life and literature and reads extracts from his novel ‘Money’.
Raymond Williams is interviewed on the publication of his novel ‘Loyalties’. Themes of betrayal are discussed and the problems of writing an historical novel are touched upon.
Describes the effect on John Braine of his overnight success ‘Room At The Top’ and his subsequent writing, including his (largely adverse) views on contemporary literary journalism.
A television adaptation of the Dickens novel. Set against the turbulent background of the French Revolution and its echoes in england, the story follows the futurnes of Charles Darnay, his physical double...
Describes Middleton’s working methods and reasons for concentrating his fiction on his native city of Nottingham.
Side 2: Considers the novel as a pattern of symbols and scores which carry the story forward and give poetic form. Argues that the use of symbols and language of the Christian church are intrinsic to the novel.
A dramatised account of the the nine years spent in England by Robert Noonan who, in 1910 as Robert Tressell, finished writing ‘The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists’. The film shows Noonan’s life...
John Wain discusses the evolution of his novels from ‘Hurry on Down’ to ‘A Winter in the Hills’. He also deals with his role as Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1973 to 1978.
Side 1: Malcolm Bradbury discusses the divergent interests of, and relationship between, writers, the reading public and critics. He outlines the development of the English novel since 1945 considering the...
Stan Barstow discusses his work, his aims and his love of Yorkshire. He also comments on the Northern School of young novelists which was emerging in the 1960s.
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