Ernest Hemingway versus Saul Bellow
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Philip Roth talk about the opposing styles of Ernest Hemingway and Saul Bellow.
Ernest Hemingway was the master of the simple, declarative sentence during his time. By contrast, when Saul Bellow came along, he wrote descriptive sentences full of verbal energy. "This was a great shift in the American notion of what a great prose style was," said Philip Roth.
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Ernest Hemingway versus Saul Bellow
Clip: 12/12/2022 | 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Ernest Hemingway was the master of the simple, declarative sentence during his time. By contrast, when Saul Bellow came along, he wrote descriptive sentences full of verbal energy. "This was a great shift in the American notion of what a great prose style was," said Philip Roth.
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Preview: 12/12/2022 | 1m 32s | Explore Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow's impact on American literature. (1m 32s)
A classic Saul Bellow rant about Chicago
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Clip: 12/12/2022 | 1m 41s | Chicago in the 1980s is the backdrop for Bellow's novel "The Dean's December." (1m 41s)
Philip Roth talks Saul Bellow in his final interview
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Clip: 12/12/2022 | 8m 38s | Philip Roth describes his admiration for Saul Bellow in Roth's final interview. (8m 38s)
Salman Rushdie on Saul Bellow's books
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Clip: 12/12/2022 | 3m 58s | Salman Rushdie talks about some of his favorite Saul Bellow books in this outtake. (3m 58s)
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