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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this first of two lectures about Joyce’s first novel, encounter the ways that Parnell, the Home Rule movement, the Catholic Church, and other themes from the era’s history are key to understanding his Bildungsroman. Review some of the most important scenes in the first half of the book.
82) Second Coming
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
As busy, working parents, Jackie and Mark haven't been intimate in quite some time. However, Jackie abruptly discovers that she is pregnant. She knows it's not her husband Mark's, but claims she hasn't been with anyone else either. The unnerving side effects of her pregnancy begin to affect her mental state, creating turmoil within the family that is only made worse by Mark's fury. SECOND COMING follows the close knit family over the course of a year...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Colosseum is a monument to Roman imperial power and cruelty. Its graceful lines and harmonious proportions concealed a highly efficient design and advanced construction methods that made hundreds of arches out of 100,000 tons of stone. In its elliptical arena, tens of thousands of gladiators, slaves, prisoners and wild animals met their deaths. Ancient texts report lions and elephants emerging from beneath the floor, as if by magic, to ravage...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
As the Cold War continued, Soviet forces tightened their grip on Eastern European countries, yet dissident voices emerged. In East Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, witness the revolt of proletarian workers and see how writers used secret publications and the power of the pen to protest totalitarianism..
85) Finnegans Wake
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Dive headfirst into the complex, confusing, circular dream world of Finnegans Wake, Joyce’s final book. Professor Conner gives you a way into the work—which ostensibly tells the dream of a Dublin pub owner and family man—and you’ll come away with an understanding of how Joyce tapped into the mythic patterns of life within Ireland.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
As one of the true geniuses of Irish drama, Sean O’Casey is a master of the tragicomedy, bringing Ireland’s working class to life. Here, you’ll study three of his plays from the 1920s and find out not only what makes him a great writer, but also how history shaped the drama he produced.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1971.
Language
English
Description
Shortly after renting an old country house, film star Paul Henderson mysteriously disappears and Inspector Holloway (John Bennett) from Scotland Yard is called to investigate. Inquiring at the local police station, Holloway is told some of the house's history. He then contacts the estate agent (John Bryans) renting the house, who elaborates further by telling Holloway about its previous tenants.. "Method For Murder"-A hack writer of horror stories...
88) Jet Storm
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Passengers on a trans-Atlantic flight from London to New York discover that one of them (Attenborough) is mentally unbalanced. Believing a fellow passenger is the hit-and-run driver who killed his child, Attenborough has smuggled a bomb on board and intends to use it..
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
During the reign of England's Queen Elizabeth I, a young naval officer (Laurence Olivier) spies on the Spanish and discovers their plans to send the Armada against England. This wins him the love of the Queen's lady-in-waiting (Vivien Leigh) as he takes the British fleet into battle..
90) Flyboys
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This episode talks about the use of aircraft during the war and the development of aircraft and air corps on both sides of the conflict..
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
1928.
Language
English
Description
THE HOUSE ON TRUBNAYA was Boris Barnet's fourth production and a great hit with audiences. With its vibrant humor and a clever commentary on the historical moment, this film was unusual for the 1920s Soviet cinema. Barnet's heart lay in stories about regular people coming to terms with historical changes. In this niche, he excelled as a storyteller, producing moving visual narratives that invite the spectators to enjoy the picturesque, touching strangeness...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Nazi-Soviet Pact is one of the most perplexing occurrences in modern history. Examine this uneasy alliance and how it accommodated Hitler’s and Stalin’s plans for expansion in the 1930s and 1940s. See how borders were redrawn yet again as Germany and the Soviet Union invaded neighboring countries..
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
1930.
Language
English
Description
A 1930 Georgian silent documentary film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. As one of the earliest ethnographic films, it documents the life of the Svan people in the isolated mountain village of Ushguli in Svanetia, in the northwestern part of the Georgian Soviet Republic. Containing some propaganda, the climax of the film shows how a Soviet built road connects the previously isolated mountain village to Soviet civilisation. Many of the scenes of the...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this final lecture, you’ll revisit the four key themes running through this course and consider whether they still remain true of Eastern Europe today. Look at the region’s economy, politics, ethnicities, and relationships to Western Europe to consider the current state of Eastern Europe and what the future may hold..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
By the time of the Irish Revival, Dublin had become a city of growing artistic merit, with a national gallery, famed Georgian architecture, and a burgeoning crop of visual artists. Meet some of Ireland’s finest artists of the time, including Jack Yeats (brother to the poet) and stained glass maker Harry Clarke.
96) Where I Belong
Publisher
Corinth Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The politics of the Third Reich drove thousands into exile. For many, England was the first safe haven. When the war came to an end the world as they knew it had changed forever and many would not return to their homeland.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Examine the First World War from the very different vantage of Eastern Europe. Whereas the West’s view of the Great War is one of indecision and stalemate, the war in the East was one of movement—and perhaps even a cause for celebration as the old empires were destroyed, giving room for the creation of new states such as an independent Poland, among others..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this lecture, Professor Liulevicius sets the stage for the next 40 years of Eastern European history. Go behind the Iron Curtain to examine how Stalin exerted control—and how countries such as Yugoslavia were able to resist. In the years after World War II, the battle lines were drawn for the emerging Cold War..
100) Ascent of Evil
Publisher
EPF Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Mein Kampf was an autobiographical manifesto written by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler while imprisoned following his 1923 failed coup attempt in Munich. In Mein Kampf, Hitler outlined his political ideology and goals for Germany.. Today, Mein Kampf is still available in libraries, on the Internet, at universities and even at bookstores worldwide. Yet much of the history of this 720-page, two-volume screed is now forgotten. Using historical footage,...
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