Fields of Vision by D J Enright

Fields of Vision by D J Enright

D.J.Enright's highly personal book surveys TV's treatment of the classics, the pains and pleasures of soap opera - "Coronation Street" and "Eastenders" - AIDS programmes and condom advertising, chat shows and commercials. He muses on the notion of realism in the arts, the tendency of television to be self-referring, and its role as George confronting the dragon of AIDS. Unconvinced that a medium so ubiquitous and unrelenting can have no effect on its audience, he raises the hazardous, yet endlessly fascinating question of TV's influence on our attitudes and actions. As a contrast to the small screen's meagre involvement of the imagination, the second part of the book turns to other, more demanding media. In particular D.J. Enright looks at the work of Grass, Kraus, Singer, Milosz, and Robertson Davies: writers who are not afraid to employ fantasy in their exploration of reality, and who depict worlds still inhabited by wonder, and the fear, dread, splendour and freedom of wonder.

D. J. Enright (1920-2002), poet, novelist, and critic, was born in Royal Leamington Spa, the son of a postman. He was educated at Leamington College and Downing College, Cambridge. His first collection of poetry, The laughing hyena and other poems was published in 1953. This was followed by an
anthology Poets of the 1950s (1955) which gathered together the work of contemporary poets that became known as The Movement. His own poetry was straightforward, sometimes ironic and almost in the style of light verse, often dealing with themes of inequality.

In fiction, D.J. Enright recreated his own experiences of a British academic in a foreign country. His first novel, Academic Year (1955), has been compared with Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim. Enright published several books for children, including the novels The Joke Shop (1976), Wild Ghost Chase
(1978) and Beyond Land's End (1979).

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ISBN 13	9780192826985
ISBN 10	0192826980
Titel	Fields of Vision
Autor	D J Enright
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1990-01-01
Seitenanzahl	256
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.