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 ontinue a journey through history with C-SPAN's series, American Writers II: The 20th Century. From March to July 2002, C-SPAN will explore American history through the lives and works of selected twentieth century American writers who have influenced the course of our nation and looks at what their works mean to Americans today.
In this series, C-SPAN presents a new live program each week from historic sites associated with the writers' lives and works such as:
- Harlem to explore the Harlem Renaissance writers
- Key West to discover the life and works of Ernest Hemingway
Every program will feature selected writers' novels, speeches, diaries, essays and life stories, creating a snapshot of American history.
Each week, American Writers II: The 20th Century invites experts to discuss the featured writer's background and literary significance, the time period the writer lived in and wrote about and the homes and historic sites important to the writer and the works. Additionally, C-SPAN opens up its phone lines to take calls from viewers during each live program.
Program Times
- Premieres Sunday, March 31, 2002
- New program each Sunday, 3pm ET*
- Programs re-air Fridays at 8pm ET*
*Air times and locations subject to change.
| Selection criteria for authors featured on American Writers: a journey through history |
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The writers examined during C-SPAN's American Writers series were selected by an internal committee of senior C-SPAN staffers from various disciplines. Their draft list was circulated to several academics in history and the social sciences who have advised C-SPAN in previous editorial projects for comments and suggestions before being finalized
Some of the criteria used to develop the list included:
- Writers whose works–whether fiction or non-fiction, document or book–chronicled, reflected upon, or influenced the course of our nation's history.
- Works which represent four centuries of American history, from the nation's founding to Vietnam.
- Writers who are essentially American
- Writers whose works continue to be studied
- An overall list which offers some demographic, cultural, and political diversity.
- Works which are generally available to the public.
Tell us what you think. Join the discussion about C-SPAN's choice of American writers in the Book Club.
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