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Writers of today. with Archibald MacLeish, distinguished American poet and Walter Kerr, drama critic, New York Herald Tribune / produced by the Educational Television and Radio Center in cooperation with the American Book Publishers Council ; directed by Lee R. Bobker.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982.
Kerr, Walter, 1913-1996, host.
Bobker, Lee R., director.
National Educational Television and Radio Center.
American Book Publishers Council.
Icarus Films.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982--Interviews.
MacLeish, Archibald.
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982.
Poetry, Modern--20th century.
Poetry, Modern.
Poets, American--United States--Interviews.
Poets, American.
United States.
Genre:
Interviews.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 streaming video file (approximately 29 min.) : digital, sound, black and white
monochrome
Other Title:
Title on resource page: Writers of today : Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish and Walter Kerr
Place of Publication:
[Brooklyn N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, 1991.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
System Details:
System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
video file
Summary:
Kerr interviews MacLeish who discusses the nature of poetry. MacLeish finds abstract poetry disturbing.
Participant:
Hosted by Walter Kerr.
Notes:
Title from title frames.
Originally produced in the 1950's as a segment of: Writers of today ; previously released by: Winner's Circle Films, c1990.
Resource page includes the option of making a clip.
Publisher Number:
if-w-mac Docuseek2
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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