The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (1988) is a documentary web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch The Modern World: Ten Great Writers online in HD.
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers — Storyline
This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf.
Cast & Crew
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1988-01-10 |
| Seasons | 1 |
| Episodes | 11 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Status | Canceled |
| Rating | 8/10 (1 votes) |
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: James Joyce: Ulysses (1988-01-10) — From the series "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers", this playful documentary introduces James Joyce's most famous work "Ulysses". It includes fantastic adaptations to film from
- E2: Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent (1988-01-17) — When an anarchist attempted to blow up the Greenwich Observatory, an idea exploded in the mind of Joseph Conrad. This program re-creates the world of The Secret Agent, the first gr
- E3: Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' (1988-01-24)
- E4: Marcel Proust: A la recherche du temps perdu (1988-01-31) — Withdrawing from the glittering high society he had so avidly courted, Marcel Proust spent the last decade of his life in virtual isolation, writing and revising Remembrance of Thi
- E5: Thomas Mann: The Magic Mountain (1988-02-07) — A novel of ideas at once serious and comic, The Magic Mountain offers a bird’s-eye view of the political, philosophical, and social landscapes of pre-World War I Europe. This progr
- E6: Henrik Ibsen: The Master Playwright (1988-02-14) — This program, narrated by Ibsen biographer Michael Meyer, charts the development of Henrik Ibsen’s style over four periods: his early years of failure; his epic dramas; his sociolo
- E7: Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway (1988-02-21) — Virginia Woolf pushed the boundaries of the novel as a tool for psychological inquiry through her experimentation with subjective and relativistic perceptions of time and events. T
- E8: Luigi Pirandello: In Search of an Author (1988-02-28) — In 1925 Luigi Pirandello brought his troupe to England as part of a worldwide tour. This program re-creates one day in London as “The Einstein of the Theater” watches his plays and
- E9: T.S. Eliot: The Waste Land (1988-03-06) — Read by noted actors Michael Gough, Edward Fox, and Eileen Atkins, T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land powerfully expresses the disillusionment and disgust of the post–World War I era in
- E10: Franz Kafka: The Trial (1988-03-13) — A suppressor of his own writings, Franz Kafka even requested that upon his death all his extant works be destroyed—yet those very works accurately prefigured the anxieties and alie
- E11: Ten Great Writers: The Seminar (1988-03-20) — In this lively round-table discussion, moderator Melvyn Bragg; the late writer and critic Anthony Burgess; Professor George Steiner, author of Language and Silence; literary critic
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does The Modern World: Ten Great Writers have? 1 season(s) with 11 episodes.
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