Literature -- History and criticism.

On Poe as an outsider to the mainstream of American letters.

On his contribution to American literature.

Talk on literature at the Sather lectures.

r.1. Criticism and chaos (38 min.) -- r.2. Criticism and chaos, continuted (30 min.) -- r.3....

Panel discussion on techniques of literary criticism.

Talk on his life and development.

r.1. On his life before and during World War II (42 min.) -- r.2. On his life after World War II...

On the literary impact of the Mathers.

Talk on the influence of the West upon Japanese literature.

Talk on the writing of James; his existential perspective, the relation of sex and betrayal, his...

Discussion of Burroughs' lesser known science fiction works.

On the social aspects of Dreiser's novels.

Discussion of the history of English literature based on source material compiled by Meyers.

On the clumsy but dynamic early plays.

Examination of American literature devoted to a philosophy of waste.

On the pro-American aspects of James' writings.

Author of The Making of the Counter-Culture discusses his work. Also inlcudes statements by...

Themes and characteristics of Irish writing: preoccupation with death, history, words, non-...

Themes of vampires and death in Irish literature. Wanda McCadden reads from Carmilla by Sheridan...

Humorous view of European literary criticism.

Talk on his development and impact on society.

On the rise of American realism, particulary in the works of William Dean Howells, Ed Howe, and...

Robert Block, Edmond Hamilton, Fritz Leiber, Emil Petaja, E. Hoffman Price, and Jack Williamson...

Talk by Saunders Redding on the history of Black literature from caricature to protest to...

Talk on the powerfully innocent social commentary of Mark Twain.|AN APPRECIATION OF HUCKLEBERRY...

Hawkes reads and discusses his books The Cannibal, The Lime Twig, and Second Skin.

On literature about the Civil War which emerged from popular culture.

On the development of a popular image of the frontier.

On Edwards role as a Puritan author and leader of the Great Awakening.

Speech on the threat of 1960's fiction writing for the establishment.|FICTION OF THE 60...

On Franklin's common sense responses to Puritan thought.

Talk on Leavis' writings.

On his novels, and British authorship.

Talk on his monumental novel.

Readings from the first book ever published in America, by the Puritans in New England.

Talk on the psychological forces in Shakespeare's drama.

On Waukeen Miller, Bret Hart, and Ambrose Bierce, and their popularization of California.

George Bluestone and Charles Gullans discuss the image of religion in literature.

Evaluation of Puritan psychology based on their writings.

Leonard's review of Evans' book.

On the underpinnings of Fitzgerald's writings.

On English contributions to the development of the novel.

Talk on the contemporary literary scene in England, America, and continental Europe.

Talk on Malraux's interpretation of society as expressed in his writings.

Discussion of Jewish writers and the works.|JEWISH FOLKLORE / Lila B. Hassid and Samuel...

Talk on the influence of urbanization on American literature.

Reading of an analysis of George Herriman's characters.|KRAZY KAT : A PORTRAIT IN DEPTH / E...

Discussion of the influx of German authors into California.

Talk about American literature and the influence of naturalism.

Speech before the Los Angeles PEN Conference on George Orwell's writing, particularly how...

Reading of article by Huxley a few hours before his death.|SHAKESPEARE AND RELIGION / aldous...