Literature — History and criticism. – Page 2

Escape! Anthony Boucher.

Boucher discusses detective and suspense books.

August 24, 2025

Clare (Loeb) Spark introduces Dr. Harold Stone, clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst, and they discuss the hero motif in fairy tales. Stone first expounds on the place of fairy tales in our culture, and how they illustrate the dreams and consciousness of a culture. He tells the myth of “The dragon’s teeth” about Europa and…

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Poetry : after Auschwitz / Reinhard Lettau.

Talk on the impact of World War II horrors upon the artistic community around the world.

August 24, 2025

To be or not to be / by William Shakespeare.

Analysis of Hamlet’s famous soliloquy in four languages.|TO BE OR NOT TO BE / William Shakespeare. – Reading of Hamlet’s famous oration in four languages. – RECORDED: 5 Aug. 1964. BROADCAST: KPFK, 16 Sept. 1964.

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Chaos to Christ : a psychological commentary on the life and works of Dostoevsky / read by Harvey Mindess.

Examination of the life and work of Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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The Novel in contemporary British society / Angus Wilson.

Talk on the role of the novel in a changing urban world.

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From pricks to pim / Ray Federman.

Analysis of the writing of Samuel Beckett.

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Shakespeare’s Richard II : a universal state of feelings / John Monteverdi.

Talk on the universality of the characterizations in Richard II.|SHAKESPEARE’S RICHARD II : A UNIVERSAL STATE OF FEELINGS / John Monteverdi. – John Monteverdi speaks about the universality of the characterizations in Shakespear’s play Richard II. – BROADCAST: KPFK, 4 Apr. 1964.

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The Banquet years : the American invasion / Stephen Longstreet.

Speech about the cross-Atlantic literary and artistic traditions.

August 24, 2025

German literature emigrates to California / written and read by Klaus Pringsheim.

Discussion of the influx of German authors into California.

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