Gass Discussing Literature and Reading His Fiction

Gass Discussing Literature and Reading His Fiction

Gass, William H., 1924---Lectures; Gass, William H., 1924---Readings.

William H. Gass discussing literature and reading excerpts of his fiction at the Person-To-Person Lecture Series in the Women's Building on Washington University in St. Louis campus. An unidentified speaker gives Gass a brief introduction. The recording is divided into four parts, roughly twenty minutes each. The question and answer period that followed is not included. Gass intersperses selections from his fiction in his lecture, to illustrate his topics. In part 1, Gass reads from "The Clairvoyant" (later published as a section of Cartesian Sonata); in parts 2-3, he reads from Omensetter's Luck; in part 3-4 he reads from In the Heart of the Heart of the Country; and in part 4 he reads from Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife.

Washington University in St. Louis

Modern Literature Recorded Multimedia Collection

1971: October 19

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Sound Recording--Non-musical; 4 mp3 files; 128 kbps; each 00:20:00

English

Narratives

MSS124_0018_Gass_Lecture_Part1.mp3; MSS124_0018_Gass_Lecture_Part2.mp3; MSS124_0018_Gass_Lecture_Part3.mp3: MSS124_0018_Gass_Lecture_Part4.mp3