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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
If any novel invites an enriching experience through multiple readings, it's Emma. See why many consider Austen's fourth published novel to be her masterpiece and how this story rewards those who revisit it over time. Consider the many dimensions that make Emma more than just a love story and discover why the personal development of a heroine like Emma Woodhouse is so deeply satisfying.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Regency England was a highly stratified world, with well-known cues to signal one's rank in the social hierarchy. Investigate the intricacies of early 19th-century social status and what it communicated about one's supposed worth. Learn the vocabulary of rank and status, as well as the many ways that Austen's fiction offers a pointed critique of the world in which she lived.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Jane Austen also had unpublished minor works that went unknown until several decades after her death. Here, dig into one of her most surprising pieces of fiction: Lady Susan, an epistolary novella that stars a charismatic and morally bankrupt widow. Lady Susan, may seem the opposite of the more famous Austen heroines, but you may find that she has a certain charm that is hard to resist.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Jane Austen's literary career was a family affair. Broaden your view with a look at the impact of Austen's literary family, which offers a crucial lens through which to examine her writings, authorship, and legacy. You will see how Austen's family, from her parents and siblings to her nieces and nephews and beyond, nourished her talent and grew her eventual fame.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Austen's last completed novel, Persuasion, is slower in pace and more melancholy in tone than her earlier work. Look closely at two defining features of the story: its focus on age and aging and its more direct approach to real-life political events of the time. Better appreciate the many complex dimensions of Austen's final published work.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Begin your journey with a brief look at the aims of the seres, and get a quick overview of the historical, cultural, and literary context that shaped the life and work of Jane Austen. Grasp why it is so vital to understand Austen's place in history to better appreciate the impact of her novels on literature and the world.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Look at Austen's heroes and other men that populate her stories, and examine the professions available to well-born men of her day, especially in the clergy, the law, the military, and medicine. Although social class might dictate what kinds of labor were considered most acceptable for men, Austen considered employment and activity essential to good character.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Turn now to the realities of Regency life with a look at romance and courtship, something that lies at the heart of every Austen plot. Examine the power dynamics between the genders and how they shaped courtship, the opportunities young people had to meet, and how various couples in Austen's novels exemplify or subvert the heavily controlled nature of Regency romance.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
A generation and more ago, critics accused Austen of ignoring the larger political events of the day in her fiction. That myth hasn't stood up to scrutiny. The early 19th century was a time of revolutions and upheaval, as Austen well knew and as her fiction demonstrations. In this episode, you will learn how Austen viewed the events of her day and how they influenced her life and fiction.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Jane Austen's first published novel is often overshadowed by her second; but as you will see, Sense and Sensibility is a deeply felt and complex look at romantic and familial relationships. Meet the Dashwood sisters and follow the ups and downs of their pursuit of happiness as you also get an introduction to Austen's moving style and her clever humor.
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Disenchanted and bitterly resentful, the historian Dr. Dallow has been released after 21 months in prison for playing piano in a subversive student cabaret. He refuses the Stasi's offer to help him get his university position back in exchange for becoming an informant. He lives in increasing isolation and despair as he tries to deal with the hypocritical social system and the injustice done to him. Things change after Soviet tanks roll into Prague...
512) Sticks and stones
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Young children ages 5 to 12 describe how they feel when they hear put-downs of themselves or their families in this video for kids, their educators and parents. Children learn from subtle clues what society thinks about gender roles, same-sex parents and family differences. The children in Sticks & Stones vividly describe how it feels to be teased when their families don't follow traditional gender roles. They talk about why bullies indulge in name-calling,...
514) Love in the post
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Can love be deconstructed? What happens when a famous philosopher writes about love, literature and postcards? Jacques Derrida is the father of deconstruction. In 1980 he wrote an intriguing book 'The Post Card' which weaves fact and fiction in a story told through love letters. Love in the Post: From Plato to Derrida transforms The Post Card into a contemporary story about three people whose lives are intertwined in complex and unexpected ways, Theo...
516) American Oz
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
When L. Frank Baum published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, he was 44 years old and had spent much of his life in restless pursuit of his American dream. He continued to reinvent himself, reflecting a uniquely American brand of confidence, imagination and innovation. AMERICAN OZ tells the remarkable story of the man behind one of the most enduring and classic American tales.
517) Think nonfiction!
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Nonfiction rules! When you walk into a classroom awash in nonfiction, you know it - no quiet kids sitting at desks here. Instead we see them chattering a mile a minute over a photograph of the jaws of a great white shark or brimming with questions while poring over books about the underground railroad. Join Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis, authors of Strategies that work, in Barb Smith's reading workshop as her students begin to explore the wild...
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
A literary biography of a seminal figure of 20th century American literature, Margaret Walker, who established one of the first Black Studies centers in the nation, and mentored the Black Arts movement of the 1960s. For My People: The Life and Writing of Margaret Walker gives the long-overdue recognition to one of the seminal figures of American literature. Margaret Walker has been described by scholar Jerry Ward as "a national treasure" and by Nikki...
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Writer Amy Tan’s hit debut novel, The Joy Luck Club (1989), catapulted her to commercial and critical success. Born to Chinese immigrant parents into 1950’s America, Amy Tan’s painful family legacy inspired her stories of women without the power to choose their lives. Journey through the groundbreaking author’s life and career with archival imagery, artful animation and original interviews.
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