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Denis Donoghue: The Arts Without Mystery: 1982

The Irish literary critic Denis Donoghue delivers six Reith Lecture examining how society's rationalisation of art is destroying its mystery.

A Talent For Conviction

6/6 Irish literary critic Denis Donoghue explores societies' need to over analyse art.

First broadcast: 15 Dec 1982

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The Anxious Object

5/6 Denis Donoghue evaluates the destruction of raw art by interpretation.

First broadcast: 08 Dec 1982

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A Cherishing Bureaucracy

4/6 Denis Donoghue analyses how the categorisation of art is destroying its mystery.

First broadcast: 01 Dec 1982

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The Parade of Ideas

3/6 Denis Donoghue examines how critics influence society's perception of art.

First broadcast: 24 Nov 1982

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The Domestication of Outrage

2/6 Irish literary critic Denis Donoghue evaluates how the creation of art can be a mystery.

First broadcast: 17 Nov 1982

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A Talent For Conviction

6/6 Irish literary critic Denis Donoghue explores societies' need to over analyse art.

BBC Radio 4

Wed 15 Dec 1982 09:00 BBC Radio 4

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