This book traces the development of the Third Programme from post-war optimism to the pop culture of the Sixties. From 1946 to 1970 the BBC's Third Programme was a patron for Britain's creative writers, providing a platform for poets, novelists and playwrights to experiment with new forms of writing, free from commercial constraints. Using some previously untouched documentary sources, the author looks at the relationship between policy makers and the British literary establishment. He considers the influence of the ...
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This book traces the development of the Third Programme from post-war optimism to the pop culture of the Sixties. From 1946 to 1970 the BBC's Third Programme was a patron for Britain's creative writers, providing a platform for poets, novelists and playwrights to experiment with new forms of writing, free from commercial constraints. Using some previously untouched documentary sources, the author looks at the relationship between policy makers and the British literary establishment. He considers the influence of the Programme's spoken-word policy on contemporary writing. From the very beginning, the Third Programme was controversial, arousing passions both for and against it. Never far from the pages of the press, it was threatened by the first authors' strike championed by J.B.Priestley, it was the subject of debate in the Commons and Lords and the object of two campaigns for its survival joined by some including T.S.Eliot, Jean Cocteau, Albert Camus, Frank Kermode and Jonathan Miller.
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Add this copy of The Third Programme: a Literary History to cart. $62.93, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1989 by Clarendon Press.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 9780198128939.
Add this copy of The Third Programme: a Literary History (Oxford English to cart. $41.88, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1989 by Clarendon Press.
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Add this copy of The Third Programme: a Literary History to cart. $37.00, good condition, Sold by Ed's Editions, LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Columbia, SC, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Oxford University Press.
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Good in Good jacket. Ex-library edition from 1989. Dust jacket has old price sticker and call number sticker, and is covered in a clear protective sleeve. Blue cloth boards and binding are good. Old library pocket on front endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. LO.
