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Howard Vincent discusses foreign languages and Herman Melville

BROADCAST: Dec. 22, 1959 | DURATION: 00:27:04

Synopsis

Foreign language expert Howard Vincent talks with Studs Terkel about foreign languages, Herman Melville, “Moby Dick,” and other literary works.

Details

Broadcast Date
Dec. 22, 1959

Physical Format
2 sound tape reels (ca. 60 min.) : 7 in.

Duration
27 minutes, 4 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Education Philosophy Anthropology & Sociology Literature

People

Linguists Academics

Tags

WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Vincent, Howard--Interviews Audiotapes. Radio programs. Vincent, Howard,-- interviewee Northwestern University Modern Language Association of America Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design. Crown Hall. foreign languages Donald Walsh Franklin Murphy Palmer House Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick Barrett Wendell Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 Raymond Weaver Existentialism Friedrich Nietzsche William James Moby Dick Whaling--Fiction. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Jonah Father Taylor Nantucket Ishmael Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 Ahab Languages Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 Luther Mansfield Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850 Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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