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Title:

Heroes and legends : the most influential characters of literature / Professor Thomas A. Shippey.

Publisher:

Teaching Company,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

4 videodiscs : sound, color ; 12 cm + 1 course guidebook (vi, 183 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) + 1 transcript book (vi, 428 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)

Subject:

Heroes in literature.
Heroes--Literary collections.
Heroes--Study and teaching.
DVD-Video discs.
DVD-Video discs.
Heroes.
Heroes in literature.
Heroes--Study and teaching.
Filmed lectures.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.
Educational films.
Filmed lectures.
Literary collections.
Nonfiction films.

Other Authors:

Shippey, T. A., speaker.
Teaching Company, production company.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (course guidebook and transcript book). Lecturer, Thomas A. Shippey.

Contents:

(Disc 1) : Cressida-a love betrayed. Odysseus-the trickster hero -- Aeneas-the straight arrow -- Guinevere-a heroine with Many Faces -- The wife of Bath-an independent woman -- Cressida-a love betrayed.
(Disc 2) : Elizabeth Bennet-a proper pride. Thor-a very human God -- Robin Hood-the outlaw hero -- Don Quixote-the first of the wannabes -- Robinson crusoe-a lone survivor -- Elizabeth Bennet-a proper pride.
(Disc 3) : Mowgli-the wolf child. Uncle Tom-the hero as martyr -- Huckleberry Finn-firee spirit of America -- Sherlock Holmes-the first great detective -- Dracula-the allure of the monster -- Mowgli-the wolf child.
(Disc 4) : Harry Potter -- whistle-blower hero. Wonston Smith-the hero we never want to be -- James Bond-a dangerous protector -- Fairy-tale heroines-new-style princesses -- Lisbeth Salander-avenging female fury -- Harry Potter -- whistle-blower hero.

Series:

Great courses. Literature & Language

ISBN:

1629970506 (softcover)
9781629970509 (softcover)
1629970484 (dvd)
9781629970486 (dvd)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)885205929

Locations:

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)