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These lectures are an invaluable resource and a helpful introduction to the grandest adventure story in Western literature....

This series of 24 fascinating lectures draws on the latest modern scholarship to explore the lives of four medieval women who still shimmer in the modern imagination....

On issues as divergent as slavery, women's rights, education, the environment, and many others, we are simply no longer the country we were....

For more than 1,500 years, the literature of Great Britain has taught, nurtured, thrilled, outraged, and humbled readers both inside and outside its borders....

Professor Vandiver gives you a full overview of Greek tragedy, in its original setting and as a lasting contribution to the artistic exploration of the human condition....

Many of Western cultures greatest figures have been writers. These 84 brilliant lectures survey more than 70 literary geniuses and masterpieces of Western literature....

When you join Professor Vandiver for this lecture series on the Iliad, you'll come to understand what has enthralled and gripped so many people....

Thanks to these thirty-two lectures, you can develop fresh insight into some of the greatest American authors of the 20th century....

Throughout these lectures, you'll meet the poet in many guises; the divine, the alchemical, the common, the playful and the prisoner....

This series of 24 lectures by an acclaimed teacher and scholar explores Twain's dual identities - as one of our classical authors and as an almost mythical presence in our nation's cultural life....

Join three literary scholars and award-winning professors as they introduce you to dozens of short masterpieces....

These 12 highly rewarding lectures offer you an introduction to 12 works that redefine what great literature is....

A panoramic look at literature, this course is your opportunity to witness a rich literary dialogue and take an amazing journey through thousands of years....

These lectures are your opportunity to see our nation's best-selling books as more than just popular forms of entertainment....

Since Shakespeare's time, no period has produced more brilliant and various theatrical dramas in Great Britain than in the past 100 years....

This course offers an overview of the English language that is literary, historical, cultural, political, and scientific in its scope....

Choosing short but representative novels and stories, Professor Thorburn offers a compelling overview of Modernism you'll find intriguing....

These guiding principles allow you to follow the narratives of the plays as they unfold, with a clear understanding of how the plays function and fit together....

Tap into the power of effective writing by developing the fundamental critical and analytical skills that transform your writing from "good" to "great"....

Many features of English sound normal to a native speaker, but linguists find them puzzling as well as revealing....