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Byron’s Rhetoric

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 50 minutes), £11.00

One of a series of taped lectures and interviews by eminent authors, poets, psychologists and professors on aspects of English Literature. Produces in the USA. This is a talk on Byron given by G. Wilson Knight.

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Shakespeare’s Rhetoric (1963 Radio)

Producer

G. M. MacBeth

Radio programme in which Professor G. Wilson Knight reads a number of long speeches from Shakespeare’s plays and comments on their construction and development of verse movement. The plays are: Hamlet, The...

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Twenty Minutes: The Adverb [09/09/2007] (2007 Radio)

Series

Twenty Minutes

Radio programme. In this episode of the BBC Proms’ literary interval programme Paul Allen’s guest is the writer and former diplomat Rory Stewart who chooses his favourite writing about the rhetoric of...

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Who’s Afraid of Nationalism? (1995 Video)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min., 1996 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p)

What shapes nationalism? Is it community, pride, rhetoric or history? We experience nationalism as a force for evil, but can it also be a positive force? Alex Duval, Tom Nairn, John Lloyd, R W Johnson and...

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Voices in My Head, The (2008 Radio)

Series

Archive Hour, The

Producer

Tim Dee

Radio programme. Actor Julian Rhind-Tutt explores how actors archive the sounds of their own voices. How does an actor live with the voice in his head and the voice he sounds like? Includes extracts from...

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)

Director

Philippe Mora

Producer

Sanford Lieberson; David Puttnam

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 106 minutes), $12.49

Documentary about the depression of the 1930s in the United States. Includes extracts from many feature films of the period.

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Man of Straw (1951 Film)

aka: Unternan, Der

Director

Wolfgang Staudte

Subject

German studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Feature film based on Heinrich Mann’s satirical novel ‘Man of Straw’ about a youth who yearns for authority, develops a passion for Wilhelm II, rises in both business and social circles and finally...

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Impact of Humanism in the Visual Arts, The (1999 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min.

Examines the influence of humanism in painting, sculpture and architecture. In 9 sections: 1) Signs of Change: compares the frescoes of Benozzo Gozzoli in the chapel of the Medici Palace, Florence, with...

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Palestine Post 9/11 (2005)

Director

Osama Al-Zain

Subject

Arabic studies; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 73 minutes), £95.00 [Institutional rate]

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, the world witnessed a number of Palestinians celebrating on the streets of Jerusalem. Palestine Post 9/11 is an examination of the...

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Plague on You, A (1985 Video)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Draws on evidence from both press and television to show how the media has promoted and reinforced the prejudice of ‘homophobia’, especially at a time when there is widepread concern at the spread of...

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