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  1. Introduction to Literature (12 Parts) (1993)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (NTSC, 30 minutes each)

    Professor Allan Gedalof and others discuss, analyse, and even perform literary works. The series aims to teach viewers to read critically, stressing the use of language, and provides analytical tools that...

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  2. 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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  3. Prometheus Unbound (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Introduction to Shelley’s play, setting it in its cultural context: Aeschylus, Göethe and Byron, Flaxman, Beethoven and Schubert. Examples are chosen from the opening act of Prometheus’ suffering and...

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  4. Romantic Poets in the Alps, The (1984 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Discusses the visits made to the Alps by Wordsworth in 1790 and by Byron and Shelley in 1816 and their different responses to the grandeur of the scenery. Looks in detail at three works: Book VI of...

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  5. Age of Sentiment (1981 Video)

    Director
    Michael Steele
    Producer
    Michael Spiller
    Subject
    Art; English language and literature; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

    Uses poems, paintings and drama together with a linking commentary to define ‘sentimentality’. The idea is broken into its component parts to help students of literature, philosophy and art grasp how the...

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  6. Romantics, The (197)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (Cassette, 50 minutes), £11.00

    One of a series of audiotaped discussions which show literary criticism as a living, evolving interchange. This discussion is between JC. Salveson of the University of Reading and W. Walsh of Leeds University.

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  7. Tyger, The Rose and the Pleasure Dome, The

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 3 x 15 minutes), £19.99

    Dramatisations and performances of poems written by major poets before 1914. Offers a wide range of poetry for analysis and interpretation.

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  8. Romanticism and Revolution (1770 - 1870)

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

    Investigates the Enlightenment roots of the American Revolution and examines its influence on the French Revolution. Illustrates how revolt became a romantic idea during the period-a passionate outburst by...

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  9. Beyond Dailiness: William Wordsworth

    Subject
    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 Wordsworth by Benjamin Demott

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  10. Landmarks of Western Art

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (6 x 24 minutes), £25.48 each or £127.57 the set

    A survey of the greatest achievements in the history of art from the medieval era to the impressionist world. Features the Virtual Gallery - a computer-generated gallery which houses the greatest...

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