Literature — History and criticism. – Page 13

626 pages of nice stuff / Don Asher ; interviewed by Gene Dealessi.

Novelist discusses his own work, and writing in general.

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A. Okion Ojigbo on African literature / interviewed by Bob Sitton.

Discussion of the long tradition in African literature.

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Shakespeare and the sonnet tradition / Dr. Aleksander V. Nejgebauer ; introduced by Matthew Zion.

Talk on the sonnet tradition of the Renaissance, and its ultimate development by Shakespeare.

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Edgar Rice Burroughs / Vern Coriell and Stanley B. Vinson.

Discussion of Burroughs’ lesser known science fiction works.

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Remembrance of things past / moderated by Alva Rogers.

Robert Block, Edmond Hamilton, Fritz Leiber, Emil Petaja, E. Hoffman Price, and Jack Williamson discuss the early years of science fiction writing by H.P. Lovecraft, and the pulp stories of the 20s and 30s.

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Science fiction examines the world of today / moderated by Bill Donaho.

James Blish, John Campbell, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg, and Norman Spinrad discuss the social aspects of science fiction writing.

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The Tolkien society / Ed Meskys, Al Halvey, and Peter S. Beagle.

Discussion of the work of J.R.R. Tolkien.

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An Interview / Angus Wilson ; interviewed by Prof. John H. Raleigh.

On his novels, and British authorship.

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The Work of Paul Baran / Moses Abramovitz, Herbert Marcuse.

Talks appraising Baran’s writing.|THE WORK OF PAUL BARAN / Moses Abramovitz and Herbert Marcuse. – An appraisal of Baran’s work. Abramovitz, Chairman of the Department of Economics at Stanford University, and Marcuse, a political scientist, open a conference on “Baran and American Radicalism Today.” – RECORDED: Stanford University, 1 Apr. 196-? BROADCAST: KPFA, 1 Apr.…

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Fiction of the 60s / Herbert Gold ; introducted by Ian Watt.

Speech on the threat of 1960’s fiction writing for the establishment.|FICTION OF THE 60’s / Herbert Gold| introduced by Ian Watt. – Talk on the threat of 1960’s fiction writing for the establishment. – RECORDED: University of California, Berkeley. BROADCAST: KPFA, 25 July 1962.

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