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Schenker, David J.Summary: Surveys over 70 literary geniuses and masterpieces of western literature. Examines the works, styles, themes and relationships with one another and the role they played both within the context of their own times and within the larger span of literary history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
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8 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 800 GRECall number: DVD 800 GRE PART 1
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Schenker, David J.
Summary: "The best of ancient Greek literature retains a freshness and immediacy that reaches far beyond its time and place of creation and speaks to readers and audience members today. In these 36 lectures, we discuss selections from that group of masterpieces, starting in every case with the cultural and historical background of each, then focusing on close readings of the works themselves"--Page 1...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
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4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 880.9 MASCall number: DVD 880.9 MAS PART 1
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Summary: University of Michigan professor Eric S. Rabkin discusses the fantastic in its most important modern variety, science fiction, as part of the entire course on fantasy literature.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820 MASCall number: DVD 820 MAS
Summary: In 1972 Mark Moskowitz read a New York Times book review of "The stones of summer" by Dow Mossman, a title which, later in Moskowitz's life would later become an object of obsession. Though he shelved the book for 25 years, Moskowitz finally read it and was amazed at its ingenuity. He was shocked that its one-time author never penned another book. Determined to solve the mystery, Moskowitz...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STOSummary: Professor John M. Bowers discusses why some works and not others become part of the literary canon. He examines the context of the works, and how academic curriculum perpetuates and changes the development of the canon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 800 WESSummary: What if you could travel in time as well? Imagine yourself transported to the sparkling court society of 18th-century France, or sailing aboard a 19th-century whaling ship. What secrets would you learn about the human condition and the lives lived in distant lands and eras? And what about the most remarkable journey of all: the voyage inside the mind of another human being, in which you plumb...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
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4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 CLACall number: DVD 809 CLA PART 1
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Summary: Made for television documentary chronicles the C.S. Lewis story from his early days in Northern Ireland, through his acclaimed academic career at Oxford University, his friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, and his relationship with his wife, Joy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Crouse Entertainment Group/Duncan Group 2001
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAGSummary: The facts, fiction and the phenomenon of Dan Brown's 'The Da Vinci Code' brought to life in this fascinating documentary. Discover the interwoven facts, history, paintings and real-life locations that inspired Dan Brown's tale.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cobra Entertainment 2006