The Great Courses: Classics Of British Literature 8-Disc Set
The Great Courses: Classics Of British Literature 8-Disc Set DVD VIDEO MOVIE Type: Movie Platform: DVD Publisher: Teaching Company Media: DVD . GUIDEBOOK NOT INCLUDED. This is Course Number 2400 which contains 8 DVDs. Contains 48 lectures of 30 minutes each. Course Lecture Titles 1. Anglo-Saxon Roots-Pessimism and Comradeship 2. Chaucer-Social Diversity 3. Chaucer-A Man of Unusual Cultivation 4. Spenser-The Faerie Queene 5. Early Drama-Low Comedy and Religion 6. Marlowe-Controversy and Danger 7. Shakespeare the Man-The Road to the Globe 8. Shakespeare-The Mature Years 9. Shakespeare's Rivals-Jonson and Webster 10. The King James Bible-English Most Elegant 11. The Metaphysicals-Conceptual Daring 12. Paradise Lost-A New Language for Poetry 13. Turmoil Makes for Good Literature 14. The Augustans-Order, Decorum, and Wit 15. Swift-Anger and Satire 16. Johnson-Bringing Order to the Language 17. Defoe-Crusoe and the Rise of Capitalism 18. Behn-Emancipation in the Restoration 19. The Gold