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Produced by the Iowa School of the Air, this series focuses on various works of literature from Shakespeare to Twain.

Available Episodes

1961-04-07Irving's old New York00:14:30
1961-03-31Jonson in jail00:14:30
1961-03-24The hired pen00:14:30
1961-03-17Behind the humorist00:14:30
1961-03-10The writer who thinks00:14:30
1961-03-03The Jungle00:14:30
1961-02-24The Adventurer00:14:30
1961-02-17Utopia00:14:30
1961-01-20Gilbert and Sullivan00:14:30
1961-01-13The writer for children00:14:30
1961-01-06Old Ironsides00:14:30
1960-12-16The grand sacrifice00:14:30
1960-12-09Walt Whitman, the free American00:14:30
1960-11-25The literary cheat00:14:30
1960-11-18The frail lady00:14:30
1960-11-11William Blake's vision00:14:30
1960-11-04The secret press00:14:30
1960-10-28Shakespeare or not, that is the question00:14:30
1960-10-21Beggar's opera00:14:30
1960-10-14Undecided00:14:30
1960-10-07Critic of the king00:14:30
1960-09-30Mark Twain on the Mississippi00:14:30
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Subjects
1801 to 1861; 1865 to 1920; American literature; British literature; Chatterton, Thomas, 1752-1770; Clergy; Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924; Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886; Drama; Early U.S. History (to 1900); Ecology & the Environment; Economy & Business; Europe; Fiction; Foreign Literature; Forgers; Forgery; Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera; Gender & Women's History; Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911; Great Britain; Great Britain--Poetry; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894; Industrialization--United States; Irving, Washington, 1783-1859; Irving, Washington, 1783-1859--Friends and associates; Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. History of New York; Journalists; Law; Mississippi River; More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia; Music; NAEB Region I: The Northeast; NAEB Region IV; NAEB Regions III & IV: The Upper Midwest; News & Journalism; Novels; Opera; Opera--18th century; Performing Arts; Performing arts; Plays; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Poetic works; Poetry; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744--Friends and associates; Poverty; Religion; Rivers; Satire, English; Satire, Irish; Satirists, Irish; Shakespeare; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968. Jungle; Sociology; Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894; Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900; Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745; Theater; Theater & Drama; Trials; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910; U.S. History (1900-present); U.S. Literature; United States--Poetry; War stories, American; Wit and humor
Creators
Horowitz, Floyd; University of Iowa; WSUI (Radio station : Iowa City, Iowa); Walcoff, Larry
Contributors
Armstrong, Elmer; Bauer, Al; Burnett, Vic; Carson, Tom; Carter, Dave; Chapman, Marty; Gilchrist, Jane; Horowitz, Floyd; Ingram, Lauren; Kalas, Harry; Keaton, Tom; Keeler, Tom; Marshall, Bob; McCaffrey, Don; Moraz, Fred; Morris, Greg; Phelps, Emma Sue; Schroeder, Spence; Schubert, Mary Beth; Setterberg, Richard C.; Siberry, Mary Kay; Snyder, Chuck; Stribling, Don; Taylor, Rosemary; Walker, Don; Wilkins, Fred; Williams, Gary; Williams, Rae Ann
Genres
Docudrama; Performing Arts
Time Periods
1950-1959; 1960-1969