Listening in: Broadcasts, Speeches, and Interviews
Listening InBroadcasts, Speeches, and Interviews by Elizabeth BowenEdited by Allan HepburnFrom the 1940s until the 1960s, Elizabeth Bowen wrote essays for radio broadcast, improvised interviews on the air, and gave public lectures. These public appearances were a trial for her because she had a pronounced stammer. She thought her recorded voice sounded alien, like the voice of a stranger. She complained that reading her own work on the air gave her lockjaw. Nevertheless, she was a spellbinding talker, as her many friends commented. Invited to university campuses in the US and the UK, she delivered important speeches on language, the fear of p…
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Weitere Autoren: Hepburn, Allan (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7486-4042-3
- EAN: 9780748640423
- Produktnummer: 22673303
- Verlag: Edinburgh Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 381 S.
- Masse: H21.3 cm x B13.7 cm x D2.3 cm 476 g
- Gewicht: 476
- Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.
Über den Autor
Allan Hepburn is Associate Professor of English at McGill University in Montreal. He has also edited The Bazaar and Other Stories by Elizabeth Bowen and People, Places, Things: Essays by Elizabeth Bowen, both published by Edinburgh University Press.
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