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  1. Mansfield Park: Improvement (1983 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Stresses the visual elements and the social historical context of the novel. The theme of ‘improvement’ is illustrated in terms of the then fashionable doctrine of redressing the balance between art and...

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  2. Alan Sillitoe: A Writer in His Place (1980 Multimedia)

    Director
    T Evans
    Producer
    T Evans
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    out of distribution, 145 slides. col.

    Illustrates the close identity between the social purpose of Alan Sillitoe’s proletarian novels and their actual location in the city of Nottingham.

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  3. David Lodge (1980 Audio)

    Director
    Tom Evans
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Audiocassette. 40 min.

    David Lodge discusses the aims and intentions behind the writing of his fiction. He describes his experiences with publishers and his work in the field of literary criticism, e.g. ‘The Language of Fiction’.

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  4. John Braine (1980 Audio)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette. 30 min.

    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.

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  5. Tale of Two Cities, A (1980)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 200 minutes), £350.00

    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...

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  6. Edgell Rickword (1979 Audio)

    Producer
    T Evans
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Audiocassette. 30 min.

    Describes the literary situation immediately after World War 1 when Edgell Rickword began to contribute to the ‘TLS’, the ‘New Statesman’ and other literary journals. Gives an account of the...

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  7. Stanley Middleton (1979 Audio)

    Producer
    T Evans
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette. 40 min.

    Describes Middleton’s working methods and reasons for concentrating his fiction on his native city of Nottingham.

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  8. A S Byatt (1978 Audio)

    Producer
    David E Gerard
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Audiocassette. 60 min.

    A S Byatt talks about her life and work.

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  9. Brigid Brophy (1978 Audio)

    Producer
    David E Gerard
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Audiocassette. 60 min.

    Brigid Brophy talks about her life and work.

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  10. D H Lawrence Among His People (1978 Video)

    Producer
    T Evans
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Philips 1500. b&w. 23 min.

    Opens with views of the Lawrence country shot from the top of Eastwood parish church tower and by using still and moving pictures offers a commentary on the importance of place and local culture in the mind...

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