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481) I, Tarzan
Pub. Date
1996.
Description
The truth behind the tale…from Tarzan's aristocratic ancestry to his life in the African jungle, the enigmatic ‘creation’ of William Rice Burroughs has attracted scholars, collectors and biographers for over 100 years, and may have proven Tarzan's actual existence. I, TARZAN makes creative use of archives, graphics, silent films, early talkies and more recent cinema, keeping the Legend of Tarzan alive and well.
482) The Revival
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
This documentary chronicles the US tour of a group of Black lesbian poets and musicians, who become present-day stewards of a historical movement to build community among queer women of color. Their journey to strengthen their community is enriched by insightful interviews with leading Black feminist thinkers and historians. As the group tours the country, the film reveals their aspirations and triumphs, as well as the unique identity challenges they...
483) Loving Highsmith
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Loving Highsmith is a unique look at the life of celebrated American author Patricia Highsmith based on her diaries and notebooks and the intimate reflections of her lovers, friends and family. Focusing on Highsmith’s quest for love and her troubled identity, the film sheds new light on her life and writing. Most of Highsmith’s novels were adapted for the big screen; the best known of these are Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley....
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Begin your historical tour of London with a look at the city when it was home to Oscar Wilde at the close of the 19th century. Trace the details of Wilde's trial for indecency as you examine the way London society was structured and how immense wealth and privilege -- for some -- left its imprint on the city and its history.
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
This powerful documentary is a moving tribute to legendary black lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde (1934-1992). One of the most celebrated icons of feminism's second wave, Lorde inspired several generations of activists with her riveting poetry, serving as a catalyst for change and uniting the communities of which she was a part: black arts and black liberation, women's liberation and lesbian and gay liberation. Nowhere was this more apparent than...
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
The most beloved of Austen's novels, Pride and Prejudice has a deeply devoted fanbase of both literary critics and everyday readers. Look at what makes this novel so popular and long-lived as you examine the humorous details of Austen's characters, the appeal of her heroine Elizabeth Bennet, the epigrammatic style of her prose, the book's emotionally resonant plot, and more.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
One of the two novels published after Austen's death, Northanger Abbey is Austen's love letter to the gothic novels of her youth. Look at the gothic tradition of the late 1700s and how Austen's gentle mocking of the melodramatic flourishes of the genre inform the experiences of her impressionable young heroine, Catherine Morland.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Despite the treasure trove of information that we have about Jane Austen's historical time and place, we actually have very little direct knowledge about her life. Look at what we do know from her surviving letters, and take a closer look at the facts and fictions that have persisted over time about her life.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Take a tour of the finer points of Regency clothing and luxury items, and see how Austen uses descriptions of dress and accessories to make subtle (and not-so-subtle) observations on both the social status and the moral values of her characters. Better understand how "frivolous" distinctions about what one wears take on significant meanings in Austen's fiction.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Both Jane Austen's reputation for literary greatness and her pop-culture cachet continue to grow with each new adaptation and every new generation that encounters her work. How has pop culture helped shape Austen's long afterlife? Answer this question and more as you close the series with an examination of the lesser-known twists and turns of Austen's popularity in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Look at some of the forms of travel and leisure activities in Austen's fiction, and how entertainment was dictated by gender, money, and social class. See how travel outside the country was affected by the Napoleonic Wars. Also, gain invaluable insight into the rules of visiting, public dances, and other social occasions, which serve an important role in the novels.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
How has Jane Austen been remembered? Consider both the myths and the realities of Jane Austen's fame over the years following her death in 1817, beginning with her brother Henry's caricaturing, if loving, biographical essay. Then, look at a few of the famous figures who loved her -- and some who didn't -- and close with an examination of her first full biography and her enduring legacy.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
As Jane Austen's health declined near the end of her life, she continued to work on a manuscript that she would never finish: a would-be seventh novel entitled Sanditon, which satirized health fads and introduced new complexities of character into her fiction. Despite only consisting of 11 incomplete chapters, this unfinished work nevertheless shows us a novelist at the height of her powers.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Mansfield Park is perhaps the most controversial of Austen's finished novels. Meet Fanny Price, the unassuming heroine at the center of this more serious entry in Austen's oeuvre, and see why Austen's third novel is the most divisive among readers. Through Fanny's travails and quiet rebellion, Austen would create a complex story that examines the dynamics of family, power, work, and gender.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Consider wellness, sickness, and the finer points of the medical profession in Austen's fiction and in her day to deepen your knowledge of the genius of her books. From valetudinarians and deadly fevers, to sprained ankles and gout, look at the important role that physical health -- both good and ill -- plays in Austen's novels and how medical professionals treated patients in the Regency era.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Austen's stories may seem obsessed with money. But to understand the characters and relationships in her novels, it is vital to grasp her culture's economic and social structures. Learn about money, inheritance, and ownership in Regency England and see why so many characters are concerned with the financial situations of others.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Many readers come to Austen's fiction thinking that they are about to encounter sedate, small-scale, realistic stories. But as you will see, when Austen first began writing as a teenager, her style and her subjects were far more risk-taking and boisterously comic. Explore her juvenilia and discover the surprising beginnings of her literary efforts.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
What made for an "accomplished" woman in the Regency period? Look at the list of activities and talents expected of young women of means and how these accomplishments contrast with being well read or learned. Along the way, you'll see what Austen thought about these accomplishments and what she believed were the greater benefits of an education of knowledge and ideas for middle-class women.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Austen's plots all end with marriages, but do her novels really endorse matrimony? As you look at various examples from her work, you will see how a deep thread of skepticism about the idealized nature of marriage makes its way into her stories. Look below the surface of Austen's bright, comedic work to uncover her perspective on the inner workings of the marriage bargain.
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