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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. Five Authors (1995)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 25 minutes), £19.99 (together)

    Five 25-minute programmes, each on an individual author, looking at one or more substantial texts and exploring the different ways in such works are written. Authors are Sylvia Plath (autobiography in...

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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. David Copperfield (1935)

    Director
    George Cukor
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 125 minutes), £14.99

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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. Interviews with Historians. 2nd Series (10 Parts) (1990 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. PAL or NTSC. col. 10 x 35 min., 1997 sale: £25.00 (inclusive)

    A series of interviews with leading historians by younger colleagues in the same field. The discussions focus on the influences which have shaped their work and often incorporate reflections on their writing...

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  8. Exploring the Novel: For Entertainment and Comprehension (1991)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 48 minutes), £95.00 [University rate]

    This DVD introduces students to the traditions of realism and Romanticism. Dramatized selections illustrate such major elements as charaters, plot, setting, style, point of view and theme. Includes excerpts...

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  9. 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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  10. 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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