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The Western literary canon in context. (Record no. 139336)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field	ocn263173178
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field	OCoLC
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field	20251028120634.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field	081023s2008 vau000 vleng d
007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field	vd cvaizu
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number	(Sirsi) i9781598034707
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency	MDK
Transcribing agency	MDK
Modifying agency	OKC
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9781598034707 :
Terms of availability	$374.95
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	1598034707
028 42 - PUBLISHER OR DISTRIBUTOR NUMBER
Publisher or distributor number	2120
Source	Teaching Co.
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number	(OCoLC)263173178
050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number	DVD PN 81 .B6
Item number	W4 2008
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library	VF$A
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Bowers, John M.,
Dates associated with a name	1949-
245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	The Western literary canon in context.
Name of part/section of a work	[Parts 1, 2 & 3]
Medium	[videorecording] /
Statement of responsibility, etc.	John M. Bowers.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	Chantilly, VA :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	Teaching Co.,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	c2008.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	6 videodiscs (1080 min.) :
Other physical details	sd., col. ;
Dimensions	4 3/4 in. +
Accompanying material	1 course guidebook (iv, 209 p. ; 22 cm.)
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement	The great courses
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note	"Literature & English language."
538 ## - SYSTEM DETAILS NOTE
System details note	DVD.
511 0# - PARTICIPANT OR PERFORMER NOTE
Participant or performer note	Lecturer, John M. Bowers, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note	Thirty-six lectures (30 min. each).
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note	Includes bibliographical references in accompanying guidebook.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc.	Professor John M. Bowers discusses why some works and not others become part of the literary canon. He examines the context of the works, and how academic curriculum perpetuates and changes the development of the canon.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	Disc 1. Lecture 1. The bible and the literary canon -- Lecture 2. The bible as literature -- Lecture 3. The epic of Gilgamesh: Western literature? -- Lecture 4. Homer's odyssey and the seafaring hero -- Lecture 5. The context of Athenian tragedy -- Lecture 6. Herodotus versus Thucydides -- Disc 2. Lecture 7. Socrates and Plato: writing and reality -- Lecture 8. Aristotle's poetics: how we tell stories -- Lecture 9. Virgil's Aeneid and the epic of empire -- Lecture 10. Love interest: Ovid's metamorphoses -- Lecture 11. St. Augustine saves the classics -- Lecture 12. All literature in consolation: Boethius.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	Disc 3. Lecture 13. Beowulf: the fortunate survivor -- Lecture 14. King Arthur, politics, and Sir Gawain -- Lecture 15. Dante and the canon of Christian literature -- Lecture 16. Boccaccio: ancient masters, modern rivals -- Lecture 17. Chaucer: the father of English literature -- Lecture 18. "Man for all seasons": More and his Utopia -- Disc 4. Lecture 19. Hamlet: English literature goes global -- Lecture 20. Brave new worlds: Shakespeare's The tempest -- Lecture 21. Cervantes's Don Quixote and the novel -- Lecture 22. The rebel as hero: Milton's paradise lost -- Lecture 23. Voice of an age: Voltaire's Candide -- Lecture 24. Pride and prejudice: women in the canon.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	Disc 5. Lecture 25. Nationalism and culture in Goethe's Faust -- Lecture 26. Melville's Moby-Dick and global literature -- Lecture 27. Cult classic: The charterhouse of Parma -- Lecture 28. East meets West in War and peace -- Lecture 29. Joyce's Ulysses and the avant-garde -- Lecture 30. The magic mountain and modern institutions -- Disc 6. Lecture 31. Mrs. Dalloway and post-war England -- Lecture 32. T.S. Eliot's divine comedy -- Lecture 33. Faulkner and the great American novel -- Lecture 34. Willa Cather and mosaics of identity -- Lecture 35. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: literature? -- Lecture 36. Postcolonialism: the empire writes back.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element	Canon (Literature)
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element	Literature
General subdivision	History and criticism.
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element	Teaching Company.
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title	Great courses (DVD)

Holdings
Source of classification or shelving scheme	Home library	Current library	Shelving location	Date acquired	Full call number	Barcode	Date last seen	Cost, replacement price	Price effective from	Koha item type	Public note
Library of Congress Classification	Storms Research Center	Storms Research Center	DVD Collection	10/28/2025	DVD PN 81 .B6 W4 2008	98643080	10/28/2025	72.94	10/28/2025	DVD	.PUBLIC. Part 1, Disc 1.
Library of Congress Classification	Storms Research Center	Storms Research Center	DVD Collection	10/28/2025	DVD PN 81 .B6 W4 2008	98643081	10/28/2025	72.94	10/28/2025	DVD	.PUBLIC. Part 1, Disc 2.
Library of Congress Classification	Storms Research Center	Storms Research Center	DVD Collection	10/28/2025	DVD PN 81 .B6 W4 2008 PT.2	98643082	10/28/2025	72.94	10/28/2025	DVD	.PUBLIC. Part 2, Disc 3.
Library of Congress Classification	Storms Research Center	Storms Research Center	DVD Collection	10/28/2025	DVD PN 81 .B6 W4 2008 PT.2	98643083	10/28/2025	72.94	10/28/2025	DVD	.PUBLIC. Part 2, Disc 4.
Library of Congress Classification	Storms Research Center	Storms Research Center	DVD Collection	10/28/2025	DVD PN 81 .B6 W4 2008 PT.3	98643084	10/28/2025	72.94	10/28/2025	DVD	.PUBLIC. Part 3, Disc 5.
Library of Congress Classification	Storms Research Center	Storms Research Center	DVD Collection	10/28/2025	DVD PN 81 .B6 W4 2008 PT.3	98643085	10/28/2025	72.94	10/28/2025	DVD	.PUBLIC. Part 3, Disc 6.
Library of Congress Classification	Storms Research Center	Storms Research Center	DVD Collection	10/28/2025	DVD PN 81 .B6 W4 2008 GDBK	98643086	10/28/2025	72.94	10/28/2025	DVD	.PUBLIC. Accompanying guidebook.
Library of Congress Classification	Storms Research Center	Storms Research Center	DVD Collection	10/28/2025	DVD PN 81 .B6 W4 2008 TRANSPT.1	98643078	10/28/2025	72.94	10/28/2025	DVD	.PUBLIC. Accompanying transcript Pt.1.
Library of Congress Classification	Storms Research Center	Storms Research Center	DVD Collection	10/28/2025	DVD PN 81 .B6 W4 2008 TRANSPT.2	98643077	10/28/2025	72.94	10/28/2025	DVD	.PUBLIC. Accompanying transcript Pt.2.
Library of Congress Classification	Storms Research Center	Storms Research Center	DVD Collection	10/28/2025	DVD PN 81 .B6 W4 2008 TRANSPT.3	98643076	10/28/2025	72.94	10/28/2025	DVD	.PUBLIC. Accompanying transcript Pt.3.