Animated Bayeux Tapestry video
Watch the story of the Norman Conquest unfold in this four minute animated video of part of the Bayeux Tapestry. Don’t miss this! Other Literature and Composition (E2) videos
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Ivory Consort Medieval Music videos
The Ivory Consort is a contemporary musical group dedicated to the authentic performance of medieval music. Be sure to notice the interesting instruments they’re playing. Other Literature and Composition (E2) videos
Mark Antony’s Funeral Oration Video
Mark Antony – Funeral Oration from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (Act III, Scene II) Performed by Nick Baldasare “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears . . .”. Is there anyone who hasn’t heard Mark...
Julius Caesar Handel opera aria “Se pieta di me non senti”
Listen to this aria, “Se pieta di me non senti” from Handel’s opera Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar). Natalie Dessay as Cleopatra Production: David McVicar Conductor: Harry Bicket Final Dress Rehearsal for The Metropolitan Opera...
Julius Caesar Handel opera aria “L’angue offeso mai riposa”
Listen to this recitative and aria from Handel’s opera Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar in Egypt). Max Emanuel Cencic, countertenor Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, conducted by Ottavio Dantone. Salle Métropole, Lausanne, Switzerland, May 12,...
OperaTalk on Handel’s Julius Caesar in Egypt
George Frideric Handel wrote the opera, Julius Caesar in Egypt. You can hear San Diego OperaTalk’s Nick Reveles discuss the opera, Handel, baroque opera, and musical ornamentation in an interesting episode of San Diego...
Hollow Men Music
This recording of Vincent Persichetti’s composition, “The Hollow Men, for trumpet & string orchestra, Op. 25” evokes the dark mood of both Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and T. S. Eliot’s poem “The Hollow...
Walden Pond Video
Walden Pond Video and More Here is a brief video of Walden Pond with narration in Thoreau’s own words. Trailer for Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the Soul Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the Soul,...
Robinson Crusoe Theme Music from 1970s TV show
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was a French-German children’s television drama series made by Franco London Films (a.k.a. FLF Television Paris). The series was based on the first of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe novels, but...
Robinson Crusoe Opera by Jacques Offenbach
Offenbach’s Opera Version of Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe’s early novel, Robinson Crusoe, has inspired artists and musicians for generations. Jacques Offenbach (1890–1880) wrote an opéra comique called Robinson Crusoé which was first performed at...
Glass Armonica-Tchaikovsky
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Tchaikovsky William Zeitler plays this piece on the glass armonica, an invention of Benjamin Franklin, while other unseen instruments provide accompaniment. Other American Literature (E3) videos
What is Iambic Pentameter?
I heard about iambic pentameter for years before I understood what it meant. I was able to figure out that it had something to do with five (penta), but the standard definition, “in poetry,...
“Opportunity” by Edward R. Sill (1841-1887)
This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream:– There spread a cloud of dust along a plain; And underneath the cloud, or in it, raged A furious battle, and men yelled, and swords...
Poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose most famous works include a translation of Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy and the poem “Paul Revere’s Ride.”...
Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth
Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey, on revisiting the banks of the Wye during a tour, July 13, 1798 by William Wordsworth Five years have passed; five summers with the length Of...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poetry
Here are few selections from Sonnets from the Portuguese, a collection of 44 love sonnets by English Victorian poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. She was well appreciated during her lifetime, and her work inspired other writers, including Emily...
Top 10 Reasons to Read Fiction
Dr. Randy Laist of Goodwin College offers a thoughtful list of his top 10 reasons for reading fiction. Building cultural literacy is just the beginning — stories not only offer a portal into other...
Literary Analysis: Elements of Narrative
Learn basic concepts of literary analysis, including plot, character, and setting with Professor Randy Laist of Goodwin College.
Techniques of Literary Summary and Analysis
Using the nursery rhyme, “Jack and Jill,” Professor Randy Laist explains basic techniques of literary summary and analysis.
A Short History of England by G.K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton’s A Short History of England is an inviting introduction to British history through the end of the nineteenth century. You may listen to it in the audio player below, or read it...
Great Expectations 1946 Film
The 1946 British film version of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations has been ranked among the top 100 British films, and has been considered one of the finest adaptations of Dickens’ work. Watch it and notice what’s different from the novel.
The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Gold-Bug” is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Hero William Legrand is bitten by a gold bug which leads to an adventure and buried treasure.
Andrew Pudewa talks about Excellence in Literature
Andrew Pudewa talks about what makes Excellence in Literature different from other high school literary analysis courses.
