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Anthony Curtis presents eight programmes on the novel since the war. 2: History Men
The ' campus ' novel, a familiar feature of American fiction, reached England in the early 50s. Young novelists found university life, with its power struggles and built-in generation gap, a rich field for observation and comic invention antiiony CURTIS discusses some of the most popular novels of this genre. including works by David Lodge , Kingsley Amis, Malcolm Bradbury and Tom Sharpe. Extracts read by KLIZABRTH PROUD and GAVIN Campbell Producer
FRANCES DONNELLY (Repeal)

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Anthony Curtis
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David Lodge
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Malcolm Bradbury
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Tom Sharpe.
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Gavin Campbell
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Frances Donnelly
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