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Richard Brautigan is most famous for his iconic novel Trout Fishing in America (1967), but he was also a prolific short story writer and poet. Whether you are a hardcore Brautigan fan, or you have never heard of him, this episode is for you! Chris Gair is the director of the Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies, Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Culture at the University of Glasgow, and one of the greatest Brautigan experts! He is the author of The American Counterculture (Edinburgh University Press), of The Beat Generation: a Beginner’s Guide (Oneworld), and of numerous articles on American literature.
Works mentioned:
Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America (Four Seasons Foundation, 1967).
Richard Brautigan, A Confederate General from Big Sur (Grove Press, 1965).
Richard Brautigan, In Watermelon Sugar (Four Seasons Foundation, 1968).
Richard Brautigan, Revenge of the Lawn (Simon & Schuster, 1971).
Richard Brautigan, Tokyo-Montana Express (Delacorte Press, 1980).
Richard Brautigan, ‘The Post Offices of Eastern Oregon’ in Revenge of the Lawn (Simon & Schuster, 1971), pp. 72-79.
Richard Brautigan, ‘The Scarlatti Tilt’, in Revenge of the Lawn (Simon & Schuster, 1971), p. 37.
Lionel Trilling, ‘Huckleberry Finn’, in The Liberal Imagination (Secker and Warburg, 1951), pp. 104-117 (p. 106).
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time (Boni & Liveright, 1925).
Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies (University of Glasgow) https://surreylearn.surrey.ac.uk/d2l/le/lessons/283532/topics/3511681
Podcast intro and outro credits: Shield, Leroy, Taylor Holmes, and Robert W Service. The shooting of Dan McGrew. 1923. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.
Works mentioned:
Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America (Four Seasons Foundation, 1967).
Richard Brautigan, A Confederate General from Big Sur (Grove Press, 1965).
Richard Brautigan, In Watermelon Sugar (Four Seasons Foundation, 1968).
Richard Brautigan, Revenge of the Lawn (Simon & Schuster, 1971).
Richard Brautigan, Tokyo-Montana Express (Delacorte Press, 1980).
Richard Brautigan, ‘The Post Offices of Eastern Oregon’ in Revenge of the Lawn (Simon & Schuster, 1971), pp. 72-79.
Richard Brautigan, ‘The Scarlatti Tilt’, in Revenge of the Lawn (Simon & Schuster, 1971), p. 37.
Lionel Trilling, ‘Huckleberry Finn’, in The Liberal Imagination (Secker and Warburg, 1951), pp. 104-117 (p. 106).
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time (Boni & Liveright, 1925).
Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies (University of Glasgow) https://surreylearn.surrey.ac.uk/d2l/le/lessons/283532/topics/3511681
Podcast intro and outro credits: Shield, Leroy, Taylor Holmes, and Robert W Service. The shooting of Dan McGrew. 1923. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.
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