From the Third Programme : a ten-years' anthology / edited by John Morris

Morris John (1895-). British Broadcasting Corporation. Third Programme

Published by London : Nonesuch Press, 1956

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Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Includes a slightly worn slip-case in decorated marble paper. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; x, 339 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; SIGNED and inscribed in verso by John Morris. Limited edition, no. 100. On t.p.: Imagination ; argument ; experience ; exposition. Title vignette. Contents; Imagination. The descent into the cave / James Kirkup -- The heart of a king / William Plomer -- Maisie / V.S. Pritchett -- Antigone / Henry Reed -- Syler's green / Stevie Smith. Argument. The artist in society / Graham Greene, Elizabeth Bowen and V.S. Pritchett -- A discussion on the existence of God / Bertrand Russell and Father Copleston. Experience. Lytton Strachey and his critics / Noel Annan -- First meetings with W.B. Yeats / Max Beerbohm -- Belinsky / Isaiah Berlin -- Miching Mallecho / Laura Bohannan -- Revolution at Bayreuth / E.M. Forster -- The French language / André Gide -- Tolstoy's wife / Maxim Gorky -- The Dukeries / Nicholas Pevsner -- Some far eastern dreams / Arthur Waley -- The cosmopolitan spirit / Edward Sackville-West. Exposition. Virgil and the Christian world / T.S. Eliot -- Why are they French? / Darsie Gillie -- Continuous creation / Fred Hoyle -- The state of civilisation in France / Alan Pryce-Jones -- Anton Chekhov : an essay / Thomas Mann -- The muse in the nursery / P.H. Newby -- Humbug in science / Magnus Pyke -- The Cretan tablets / Michael Ventris -- Memory systems in the brain / J.Z. Young. Subjects; British Broadcasting Corporation. Radio programs Great Britain. English literature 20th century. English literature. Radio programs. Literature. English literature 20th century. Literature. English literature 20th century. Literature. Great Britain. Genre; Literature. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 306791

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Title: From the Third Programme : a ten-years' ...

Publisher: London : Nonesuch Press

Publication Date: 1956

Binding: Hardcover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.