Underappreciated
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Underappreciated: Ann Petry's The Street
Farah Griffin, William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African American Studies at Columbia University, discusses Ann Petry's 1946 novel, The Street, ... Aug 31, 2011
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Underappreciated: L. J. Davis's A Meaningful Life
For this week’s Underappreciated segment, Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude, and Chronic City, discusses L. J. Davis's 1971 novel, A Meaningful ... Aug 24, 2011
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Underappreciated: William Dean Howells’ A Hazard of New Fortunes
For our latest Underappreciated segment, Phillip Lopate discusses William Dean Howells’ 1890 novel A Hazard of New Fortunes, set in New York City in the late 19th century. The novel d... Aug 17, 2011
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Underappreciated: Egil’s Saga
For this week’s Underappreciated segment, novelist Jane Smiley discusses the anonymously authored Egil’s Saga, an Icelandic saga dating back to 1240 AD, which follows the family histo... Aug 10, 2011
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Underappreciated: David Markson's Wittgenstein’s Mistress
This summer's second Underappreciated segment looks at David Markson's 1988 novel Wittgenstein’s Mistress, which David Foster Wallace called “pretty much the high point of experimen... Aug 3, 2011
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Underappreciated: Theodor Fontane’s Effi Briest and Irretrievable
This summer’s first Underappreciated segment is on 19th-century Realist writer Theodor Fontane. Professor Edith H. Krause, Professor of German and Chair of the Department of Modern La... Jul 27, 2011
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Underappreciated: John Williams
For our latest Underappreciated segment, Morris Dickstein, Distinguished Professor of English and Theatre at the CUNY Graduate Center, discusses John Williams: author of the 1965 nove... Aug 25, 2010
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Underappreciated: Louis Couperus
Our latest Underappreciated is all about writer Louis Couperus, considered to be one of the greatest Dutch novelists of his time. Author and literary critic Paul Binding and award-win... Aug 18, 2010
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Underappreciated: Yasunari Kawabata
For this week’s installment of Underappreciated, Martin Holman, literary translator, professor, and puppeteer, discusses the work of Yasunari Kawabata. After a tragic childhood, durin... Aug 11, 2010
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Underappreciated: Henry Green
For this week’s Underappreciated segment, noted literary critic James Wood examines the life and work of English writer Henry Green, whose novels are frequently described as among the... Aug 4, 2010