Contemporary working class authors | Novels That Shaped Our World

A discussion of the pressures for working class authors to write about their own experiences.

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Clip Info
  • Clip length: 1'19''
  • Broadcast year: 2019
Curriculum Connection
  • English Literature | Literary Criticism | Critical theory | Marxist theory
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Licence: ERA Licence required

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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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  • Provider: BBC
  • Channel: BBC Two
  • Programme: Novels That Shaped Our World
  • Series: 1
  • Episode: The Class Ceiling
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