Midwest Literature: The Town Background

Duration: 14

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1970

Creator: COURTROOM TELEVISION NETWORK

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Edwin H. Cady

Copyright: Registered 1May70 · MP20852 (Jul-Dec 1970) Copyright holder: Coronet Instructional Films, a division of Esquire, Inc

Description: Explores the writings of Samuel Clemens, William Dean Howells, Sherwood Anderson, Edgar Lee Masters, Booth Tarkington, Sinclair Lewis, Vachel Lindsay and Conrad Richter. Selections from their works, a picture of some midwest towns, and the involvement of the authors in small-town life., Shows how the town background in the Midwest has influenced American literature as evidenced in the writing of Clemens, Howells, Anderson, Masters, Tarkington, Lewis, Lindsay, and Richter. Explores midwestern towns that they knew and points out their involvement with the region.

Complete Record: Explores the writings of Samuel Clemens, William Dean Howells, Sherwood Anderson, Edgar Lee Masters, Booth Tarkington, Sinclair Lewis, Vachel Lindsay and Conrad Richter. Selections from their works, a picture of some midwest towns, and the involvement of the authors in small-town life., Shows how the town background in the Midwest has influenced American literature as evidenced in the writing of Clemens, Howells, Anderson, Masters, Tarkington, Lewis, Lindsay, and Richter. Explores midwestern towns that they knew and points out their involvement with the region.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

Metadata Source:Wikipedia — List of Coronet Films