Classics of American Literature. Part 7

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Compact discs.
12 lectures.
Originally released on audio cassettes in 1997.
Part seven of seven parts. Contains the lectures 73-84 of 84 lectures on major authors representing the classics of American literature.
Lecture 73: Invisible man: reconceiving history and race -- Lecture 74: Invisible man: "What did I do to be so black and blue?" -- Lecture 75: Eugene O'Neill: great god of American theater -- Lecture 76: Long day's journey into night: there's no place like home -- Lecture 77: Tennesse Williams: managing libido -- Lecture 78: A Street named Desire: the death of romance -- Lecture 79: Death of salesman: death of an ethos? -- Lecture 80: Death of salesman: tragedy of the American dream -- Lecture 81: Toni Morrison's Beloved: dismembering and remembering -- Lecture 82: Beloved: a story of "thick love" -- Lecture 83: Beloved: Morrison's writing of the body -- Lecture 84: Conclusion.
Lectures presented by Professor Arnold L. Weinstein, Brown University.
Twelve lectures trace the classics of American literature of the 20th century. The course links great American writers and the qualities that mark their works as masterpieces of American literature. Discover how their awareness of the past is kept alive through their works but also changes as each generation discovers and interprets these works anew.

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