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This programme examines the thesis that fiction is in a state of crisis. Publishing, under pressure to mass-produce can no longer afford to risk publishing unknown or 'difficult' authors. The impac...t of this on the development and change of language is obvious. Should the state intervene or can fiction be left to market forces.
This programme examines the thesis that fiction is in a state of crisis. Publishing, under pressure to mass-produce can no longer afford to risk publishing unknown or 'difficult' authors. The impac...t of this on the development and change of language is obvious. Should the state intervene or can fiction be left to market forces.
| Module code and title: | E263, Language in use |
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| Item code: | E263; 06 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:10 |
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| Producer: | Suzanne,1941 Campbell-Jones |
| Contributors: | Derek Cooper; Peter Griffith |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Bertil Zachriston; Booksellers; Christopher maclehose; Culture; Fiction; Hans Wilhelm King; Matthew Evans; Melvyn Bragg; Per Gedin; Per Wastberg; Peter Giddy; Peter Harper; Publishing; Ron Cortie; Tom Rosenthal |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/73462 |
| Production number: | 00525_6235 |
| Videofinder number: | 2935 |
| Available to public: | no |
