Heroes and Legends :  the most influential characters of literature / 
Professor Thomas A. Shippey, Saint Louis University. 
 - 4 videodiscs (12 hours) :  sound, color ;  4 3/4 in. +  1 course book (vi, 183 pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 cm.) +  1 transcript book 
 - Great courses. Literature & Language, world literature .
 - Great courses (DVD)  Literature & Language. .
<br/><br/> 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 --  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 --  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 --  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.  disc 2.  disc 3.  disc 4. 
<br/><br/>Lecturer: Thomas A. Shippey, Saint Louis University. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781629970486 1629970484 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>Course No. 2192  Teaching Company 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Heroes in literature.<br/>Heroes--Literary collections.<br/>Heroes--Study and teaching.