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British Literature of the Twentieth Century

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Very long and detailed.  Some of the audio consists of readings from Conrad's writing and exciting clips of sailing vessels navigating rough seas. The video consists of old footage of places Conrad might have lived or travelled.

Among the Ruins, Voices of British Novelists, 1919-1939

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The Age of Anxiety, Voices of British Novelists, 1945-1969

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Writers in their Youth

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The 1970s and ’80s were a time of turmoil and dislocating change in Britain as customs and values were repeatedly challenged—a period in which, as Angela Carter put it, there was “nothing sacred.” This program examines the evolution of the British novel during the period 1970–90, spotlighting Fay Weldon, Angela Carter, Penelope Fitzgerald, John Berger, Malcolm Bradbury, Hanif Kureishi, Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, Martin Amis, Margaret Drabble, Jeanette Winterson, Salman Rushdie, and Ian McEwan as well as some of their key works.