A NOVEL IDEA An Exploration Into the Evolution of Story Telling

With a friendly baritone voice, Michael Enright intelligently leads six lively 25-minute conversations for Canadian Radio. Bruce Meyer, who teaches literature at the University of Toronto, delightfully displays an encyclopedic knowledge of the novel. His evident love for the novel leads him on a frenetic pace, but it is not so fast that he cannot be understood. There are no long pauses or groping for words in these conversations. The program examines the origins of the novel, the gothic novel, the historical novel, the novel of ideas, the prophetic novel, and the role of the novel. M.L.C. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC/ JAN 02]