Fiction following the Armistice; Beowulf reimagined; James Daunt
Exploring literary responses to the Great War in the immediate aftermath of the Armistice. Also on the programme, Maria Dahvana Headley discusses her feminist retelling of Beowulf
Exploring literary responses to the Great War in the immediate aftermath of the Armistice. The University of Leicester's Victoria Stewart, and biographer Jean Moorcroft Wilson, discuss the ways that fiction reflected the horror of war in the decade after 1918.
Novelist Richard T. Kelly considers the pitfalls of including real people in works of fiction.
Bestselling novelist Maria Dahvana Headley explains why Beowulf felt like the appropriate framework through which to explore race, class and violence in contemporary America.
And Managing Director of Waterstones James Daunt helps Open Book to launch a new series looking at the challenges of making bookselling pay.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Mariella Frostrup |
| Interviewed Guest | Victoria Stewart |
| Interviewed Guest | Maria Dahvana Headley |
| Interviewed Guest | Jean Moorcroft Wilson |
| Interviewed Guest | James Daunt |
| Interviewed Guest | Richard T Kelly |
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- Sun 11 Nov 2018 16:00麻豆社 Radio 4
- Thu 15 Nov 2018 15:30麻豆社 Radio 4
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