Philip McGowan
Professor of American Literature at Queen's University Belfast
1 episode
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureNovels adapted into operasNovels adapted into comicsNovels adapted into balletsNovels adapted into radio programsModernist novelsNovels about adulteryMetafictional novelsAmerican novels adapted into films, American novels adapted into plays, American novels adapted into television showsMurder–suicide in fiction
The Great Gatsby
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great American novels of the 20th Century, where inexplicably rich Jay Gatsby aims to win Daisy Buchanan from her millionaire husband.
14 January 2021
Also featuring: Sarah Churchwell, William Blazek
CultureNovels adapted into operasNovels adapted into comicsNovels adapted into balletsNovels adapted into radio programsModernist novelsNovels about adulteryMetafictional novelsMurder–suicide in fictionAmerican novels adapted into films, American novels adapted into plays, American novels adapted into television shows