Heritage of American Humor — The Grotesque Corner (broadcast audio, 1961)
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1961-01-13
Heritage of American Humor — The Grotesque Corner (1961)
A radio essay about the strange and grotesque in American humor, using two Edgar Allan Poe stories as central examples.
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Written and narrated by J. F. S. Smeall. Produced by the University of North Dakota and KFJM. Broadcast January 13, 1961; duration 29 minutes 43 seconds. A preservation copy of the broadcast audio is hosted on this record (MP3). Descriptive catalog details were checked against the American Archive of Public Broadcasting record.
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- 1961-01-13
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- J. F. S. Smeall
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- American Archive of Public Broadcasting; contributing institution: University of Maryland
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Heritage of American Humor — The Grotesque Corner (broadcast audio, 1961)
Full broadcast essay on the grotesque in American humor, using two Edgar Allan Poe stories. Source: American Archive of Public Broadcasting, cpb-aacip-500-9k45vb8w. Audio not independently transcribed.
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Heritage of American Humor; The Grotesque Corner. January 13, 1961. University of Maryland. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-500-9k45vb8w
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