Classics of British literature Part 1 of 4
Examines Britain's grand literary masterpieces including the times and conditions they came from and the diverse issues with which their writers grappled. Course guidebook available at Schlow's Reference Desk.
| Corporate Authors: | Teaching Company. |
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| Other Authors: | Sutherland, John, 1938- |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chantilly, VA :
Teaching Co.,
c2008.
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| Edition: | Full screen. |
| Series: |
Classics of British literature ;
Part 1 of 4 Great courses (DVD) |
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Table of Contents:
- Lecture 1. Anglo-Saxon roots, pessimism and comradeship
- lecture 2. Chaucer, social diversity
- lecture 3. Chaucer, a man of unusual cultivation
- lecture 4. Spenser, The faerie Queene
- lecture 5. Early drama, low comedy and religion
- lecture 6. Marlowe, controversy and danger
- lecture 7. Shakespeare the man, the road to the Globe
- lecture 8. Shakespeare, the mature years
- lecture 9. Shakespeare's rivals, Jonson and Webster
- lecture 10. The King James Bible, English most elegant
- lecture 11. The Metaphysicals, conceptual daring
- lecture 12. Paradise lost, a new language for poetry.