Clive James On Television by Clive James

Clive James On Television by Clive James

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Clive James On Television by Clive James

This volume incorporates three collections: "Visions Before Midnight", "The Crystal Bucket" and "Glued to the Box". they are selections of Clive James's TV criticism from "The Observer" between 1972 and 1982, from the 1972 Olympics to the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest.
Clive James was the author of more than forty books. As well as essays, he published collections of literary and television criticism, travel writing, verse and novels, plus five volumes of autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, Falling Towards England, May Week Was In June, North Face of Soho and The Blaze of Obscurity. As a television performer he appeared regularly for both the BBC and ITV, most notably as writer and presenter of the Postcard series of travel documentaries. He published several poetry collections, including the Sunday Times bestseller Sentenced to Life, and a translation of Dante’s The Divine Comedy, which was also a Sunday Times bestseller. In 1992 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia and in 2003 he was awarded the Philip Hodgins memorial medal for literature. He holds honorary doctorates from Sydney University and the University of East Anglia. In 2012 he was appointed CBE and in 2013, an Officer of the Order of Australia. He died in 2019.
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ISBN 13 9780330331913
ISBN 10 0330331914
Title Clive James On Television
Author Clive James
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 1993-12-03
Number of pages 704
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