August 3, 1953 –testing

Evening

• Introduction to Carvel Collins, William Elliot Yardell
• Conference Opening Remarks, Carvel Collins
• Lecture: "New Trends in the Contemporary Novel," Stanley Hyman
• Lecture: "The Modern Novel," Frank O'Connor, Part One and Part Two
• Response to Hyman and O'Connor, Anthony West
• Panel Discussion

August 4, 1953

Afternoon

• Session Introduction, Carvel Collins
• Lecture, W. M. Frohock, Part One and Part Two
• Panel Discussion Part One, Part Two, and Part Three

Evening:

• Opening Remarks Carvel Collins
• Lecture: "The Era of the Novel?," George Simenon
• Lecture: "Certain Neglected Aspects of the American Novel," Ralph Ellison
• Response to Simenon and Ellison, W.M. Frohock

August 5, 1953

Afternoon:

• Opening Remarks, Carvel Collins
• Lecture, Hans Egon Holthusen
• Panel Discussion

Evening:

• Opening Remarks, Carvel Collins
• Lecture: "Paperback Books and the Writer," Hilda Livingston
• Lecture: "The Editor and The Author," William Sloane
• Roundtable Discussion

• August 3, Evening Part Two

• August 4, Afternoon Part One

• August 4, Afternoon Part Two

• August 4, Afternoon Part Three

• August 4, Afternoon Part Four