Heroes and Legends : the most influential characters of literature / Professor Thomas A. Shippey, Saint Louis University.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: Course No. 2192 | Teaching CompanySeries: Great courses (DVD). Literature & Language.Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Description: 4 videodiscs (12 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course book (vi, 183 pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 cm.) + 1 transcript bookContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781629970486
  • 1629970484
Subject(s):
Contents:
disc. Frodo Baggins-A reluctant hero -- Odysseus-the trickster hero -- Aeneas-the straight arrow -- Guinevere-A heroine with many faces -- The wife of Bath-an independent woman -- Creeida-a love betrayed -- disc 2. Beowulf-a hero with hidden depths -- 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. Natty Bumppo and Woodrow call-frontier heroes -- Uncle Tom-the hero as martyr -- Huckleberry Finn-free spirit of America -- Sherlock Holmes-the first great detective -- Dracula-the allure of the monster -- Mowgli-the wolf child -- disc 4. Celie-a woman who wins through -- Winston Smith-the hero we never want to be -- James Bond-a dangerous protector -- Fairy-tale heroines-new-style pricesses -- Lisbeth Salander-avenging female fury -- Harry Potter-whistle-blower hero.
Lecturer: Thomas A. Shippey, Saint Louis University.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD PN 56.5 .H45 S55 2014 GDBK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying Guidebook. 98647378
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD PN 56.5 .H45 S55 2014 TRANS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying Transcript. 98647382
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD PN 56.5 .H45 S55 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying Disc 1. 98647377
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD PN 56.5 .H45 S55 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying Disc 2. 98647376
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD PN 56.5 .H45 S55 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying Disc 3. 98647380
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD PN 56.5 .H45 S55 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying Disc 4. 98647381

DVD.

Lecturer: Thomas A. Shippey, Saint Louis University.

disc. Frodo Baggins-A reluctant hero -- Odysseus-the trickster hero -- Aeneas-the straight arrow -- Guinevere-A heroine with many faces -- The wife of Bath-an independent woman -- Creeida-a love betrayed -- disc 2. Beowulf-a hero with hidden depths -- 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. Natty Bumppo and Woodrow call-frontier heroes -- Uncle Tom-the hero as martyr -- Huckleberry Finn-free spirit of America -- Sherlock Holmes-the first great detective -- Dracula-the allure of the monster -- Mowgli-the wolf child -- disc 4. Celie-a woman who wins through -- Winston Smith-the hero we never want to be -- James Bond-a dangerous protector -- Fairy-tale heroines-new-style pricesses -- Lisbeth Salander-avenging female fury -- Harry Potter-whistle-blower hero.

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