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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Bowers, John M.     Subjects     Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation.     Socrates.     Aristotle. Poetics -- Influence.     Virgil. Aeneis.     Boethius, -524     Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Criticism and interpretation.     Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Criticism and interpretation.     Canon (Literature) -- History and criticism.     Canon (Literature) -- Study and teaching.     Canon (Literature) -- Women authors.     Literature -- Study and teaching.     Literature -- Appreciation.     Bible as literature.     Classical literature -- History and criticism.     American literature -- History and criticism.     Classic fiction -- History and criticism.     Classic fiction -- Appreciation.     Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bowers, John M.       by title:      The Western Literary...       by call number:      DVD 801.3 B786w     Search the Web     Bowers, John M.     Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation.     Socrates.     Aristotle. Poetics -- Influence.     Virgil. Aeneis.     Boethius, -524     Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Criticism and interpretation.     Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Criticism and interpretation.     Canon (Literature) -- History and criticism.     Canon (Literature) -- Study and teaching.     Canon (Literature) -- Women authors.     Literature -- Study and teaching.     Literature -- Appreciation.     Bible as literature.     Classical literature -- History and criticism.     American literature -- History and criticism.     Classic fiction -- History and criticism.     Classic fiction -- Appreciation.     Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism       MARC Display

The Western Literary Canon in context. Parts I-III [videorecording (DVD)] / John M. Bowers. by Bowers, John M. Teaching Co., c2008. Call #: DVD 801.3 B786w Subjects Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.   Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.   Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation.   Socrates.   Aristotle. Poetics -- Influence.   Virgil. Aeneis.   Boethius, -524   Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Criticism and interpretation.   Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Criticism and interpretation.   Canon (Literature) -- History and criticism.   Canon (Literature) -- Study and teaching.   Canon (Literature) -- Women authors.   Literature -- Study and teaching.   Literature -- Appreciation.   Bible as literature.   Classical literature -- History and criticism.   American literature -- History and criticism.   Classic fiction -- History and criticism.   Classic fiction -- Appreciation.   Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism Series Great courses (DVD)   Great courses (DVD). Literature & language. English literature. ISBN:  9781598034707 (set) Alternate title:  Great Courses. The Western Literary Canon in context [videorecording (DVD)] Format:  [videorecording (DVD)] / Description:  6 videodiscs (18 hrs.) : digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 209 p. ; 19 cm.). Notes:  "36 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container. Book contains lecture transcripts and outlines, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. Home use only. Contents:  Disc 1. The Bible and the Literary Canon -- The Bible as literature -- The Epic of Gilgamesh: Western literature? -- Homer's Odyssey and the Seafaring Hero -- The context of Athenian tragedy -- Herodotus versus Thucydides. Disc 2. Socrates and Plato: writing and reality -- Aristotle's Poetics: how we tell stories -- Virgil's Aeneid and the Epic of Empire -- Love interest: Ovid's Metamorphoses -- St. Augustine saves the classics -- All literature is consolation: Boethius. Disc 3. Beowulf: the fortunate survivor -- King Arthur, politics, and Sir Gawain -- Dante and the Canon of Christian literature -- Boccaccio: ancient masters, modern rivals -- Chaucer: the father of English literature -- "Man for all seasons": More and his Utopia. Disc 4. Hamlet: English literature goes global -- Brave new worlds: Shakespeare's The Tempest -- Cervantes's Don Quixote and the novel -- The rebel as hero: Milton's Paradise Lost -- Voice of an age: Voltaire's Candide -- Pride and Prejudice: women in the Canon. Disc 5. Nationalism and culture in Goethe's Faust -- Melville's Moby-Dick and global literature -- Cult classic: The Charterhouse of Parma -- East meets West in War and Peace -- Joyce's Ulysses and the avant-garde -- The Magic Mountain and modern institutions. Disc 6. Mrs. Dalloway and post-war England -- T.S. Elliot's Divine Comedy -- Faulkner and the great American novel -- Willa Cather and mosaics of identity -- Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings: literature? -- Postcolonialism: the Empire writes back. Performers:  Lecturer, Professor John M. Bowers (Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Summary:  These 36 half-hour lectures ask what are the great books that every educated person show know, and why have these literary works - not others - achieved this status within the official lists of masterpieces? Why do some bestsellers stand the test of time? How does the academic curriculum perpetuate - and change - the development of the literary canon? Genre:  Filmed lectures. Educational films. DVDs. Other authors:  Teaching Company. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfeature DVDs DVD 801.3 B786w Adult Dvds-21 Days Transit Request Add Copy to MyList

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