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The Art of Invective: Selected Non-Fiction 1953-94: Selected Non-Fiction 1953-1994
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Dennis Potter (1935-94) was Britain’s leading television dramatist for almost thirty years and remains an inspiration to today’s programme makers, as a result of such ground-breaking work as Pennies from Heaven, Blue Remembered Hills and The Singing Detective. But he also engaged with his audience through reviews, journalism, interviews, broadcasts and speeches. The Art of Invective, the first collection of its kind, brings together some of his finest non-fiction work. Published to mark 80 years since Potter’s birth, this book includes his merciless television columns, penetrating literary criticism and angry writings on class and politics, as well as his sketches for Sixties satire shows including That Was the Week That Was. From Frost-Nixon to Coronation Street, David Hare to Doctor Who, Orwell to Emu, this collection shows Potter’s distinctive voice at its entertaining, thought-provoking and uncompromising best.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Oberon Books Ltd (12 May 2015) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 488 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1783192038 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1783192038 |
| Dimensions | 15.49 x 3.25 x 23.67 cm |
by Stephen Owens
There have been countless studies of the television, film and theatre work of Dennis Potter, but his journalism was largely sidelined, until this wonderful collection came along. Choosing from a wide variety of sources across the whole of Potter’s career from student days to his last words, the editors have assembled a fascinating array of critical, autobiographical and polemical articles, illuminating the well-known personality of one of Britain’s most famous playwrights from new, and often surprising, angles. The introductory essays and footnotes are tightly written and exhaustively researched, while the quality of the pieces themselves will have you gasping at what used to be regarded as throwaway journalism. Essential for Potter devotees, a must for fans of the written word in general.
by Ben Walker
A brilliant collection of Potter’s journalism. His insights and turns of phrase here are as sharp and unexpected as they are in his TV work as he targets stupidity, complacency and greed in the media and beyond. Made me miss him terribly.
by Chuck Dixon
What an astonishing man. An original thinker, film maker, critic. His writing about all sorts of things rings as true today as when first set down. Try it and see.
by john
Excellent book, excellent delivery.