Ten great writers
Subtitle: the seminar
By: studio director, Nigel Wattis ; series producers, David Thomas, Nigel Wattis ; a LWT production for Channel 4 in association with RM Arts and Radio Telefis Eireann
Contributors: Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-; Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993; Steiner, George, 1929-; Lee, Hermione; Bradbury, Malcolm, 1932-; Films for the Humanities (Firm); RM Arts (Firm); Reiner Moritz Associates; London Weekend Television, ltd; Channel Four (Great Britain); Radio Telefis Eireann
Series: Films for the Humanities & Sciences DVD collection; Ten great writers of the modern world; Modern world, ten great writers
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Modernism (Literature); Modern Literature; History and criticism
Other titles: Seminar
Description: Features a roundtable discussion about what constitutes modernist writing. New literary themes generated by the era's political and social upheavals are also discussed, including time, the unconscious mind, alienation, the changing role of women, and the consequences of two world wars. In addition, the panel suggests that the atrocities of the post-modern world led writers to reject modernist narrative techniques and seek a new syntax and vocabulary.
Notes: Originally released as a videocassette in 1999.

Senior cameraman, Ken Manning ; graphics, Pat Gavin, Mark Gouldie ; scenic artists, Colin Wright, Wyndham Giles ; series editor, Melvyn Bragg ; videotape editor, Dave Wood

Moderator, Melvyn Bragg ; panelists, Anthony Burgess, George Steiner, Hermione Lee, Malcolm Bradbury.

DVD-R, Region 1.