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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.
- Format:
- Video
- 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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