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  1. Great Authors: Charles Dickens (2003)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 510 minutes (3 discs)), £29.99

    A 3-part DVD set exploring the life, times and work of Charles Dickens, using a mixture of drama and dramatised documentary from the BBC archives. His is a fascinating story - from rags to riches, complete...

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  2. Great Expectations Video Pack (1999 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 120 minutes), £19.99

    Video-based teaching package based on the 1999 BBC adaptation of ‘Great Expectations’, which, in discussing the film, also studies Dickens himself, the nature of adaptation and the original novel. Also...

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  3. Dickens Before Sound (2006)

    Subject
    Film Studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 171 minutes), £12.99

    This collection of films, the majority of which are previously unreleased, shows how early cinema storytelling developed, as practitioners of this new art struggled to transform a tale from page to screen....

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  4. Unfinished Masterpieces (2012)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Alastair Sooke explores the appeal of unfinished works of art, from Dickens’s ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ and Jane Austen’s ‘Sanditon’ to Coleridge’s ‘Kubla Khan’, and talks to the...

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  5. Narrative (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Umberto Eco suggests that all novels are a sort of detective story. To test the theory, argues Graham Martin, it is necessary to understand how a narrative works. A dramatised example of a scene from Chapter...

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  6. Imperialism and Progress: The Victorian Era (1860 - 1915)

    Subject
    History; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 23 minutes), £39.00

    Illuminates the quest for world dominance and wealth that spurred empire-building among European governments. Examines how this pursuit of power led them to exploit the poor both at home and abroad. Reveals...

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  7. Little Dorrit (2008)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 480 minutes), £34.99

    A television version of the novel by Charles Dickens adapted into fourteen episodes by Andrew Davies. When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence...

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  8. Language of Realism, The (1996 Audio)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Audiocassette. 90 min., 1996 sale: £11.99 (inclusive)

    Readings from ‘Great Expectations’, ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘Fathers and Sons’. Each extract is followed by an interview which examines how the language used creates a sense of realism. Cicely...

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  9. Passage (2009)

    Director
    John Walker
    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 113 minutes), $99.00

    The news shook the English-speaking world. Celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew perished in the Arctic during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. More shocking, they...

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  10. Media Screen Round-up March 2017

    Date
    19 Apr 2017, 10:40
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    The monthly round-up of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research and published at Learning on Screen by Andrew Ormsby. A special issue of Cahiers...

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