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Alfred Kazin : the writer and the city

Duration: 0:30:07

Genre: Documentary | Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Inc.: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Depicts the city as the greatest invention of social man, pointing out that it has become a literary topic for many great writers, including Whitman, Dreiser, Fitzgerald, Bellow, and Crane. Indicates that many of the more sensitive works on the city were written by such individuals as Henry James and Edith Wharton, who were removed from the city. Introduces negative views of the city, such as Elliot's definition of it as a "wasteland." Stresses that the modern city has inspired a new literary form.

Complete Record: , Depicts the city as the greatest invention of social man, pointing out that it has become a literary topic for many great writers, including Whitman, Dreiser, Fitzgerald, Bellow, and Crane. Indicates that many of the more sensitive works on the city were written by such individuals as Henry James and Edith Wharton, who were removed from the city. Introduces negative views of the city, such as Elliot's definition of it as a "wasteland." Stresses that the modern city has inspired a new literary form.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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