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A Neglected Source For Burns Manuscripts? Some Old Guides For Autograph Collectors

Patrick Scott

Ncte On 'Why Get An M.A. In English?', Rebecca C. Potter, Margaret M. Strain

Rebecca Potter

Authors Margaret Strain and Rebecca Potter discuss with host Larry Jacobs the how and especially the why of getting the MA In English.

Ncte On 'Why Get An M.A. In English?', Rebecca C. Potter, Margaret M. Strain

Margaret M. Strain

Authors Margaret Strain and Rebecca Potter discuss with host Larry Jacobs the how and especially the why of getting the MA In English.

The Politics Of Shelley: History, Theory, Form, Matthew C. Borushko | Editor

Matthew Borushko

“Robert Zemekis’ Contact As A Late Twentieth-Century Paradiso.”, Gregory M. Sadlek

Gregory M Sadlek

The film Contact employs a plot and literary motifs that are in many ways parallel to those in Dante's Paradiso. Although the film's philosophical and theological content has received mixed reviews, the film has deep significance because it not only seeks to convey a religious experience but also offers a kind of existential consolation similar to that offered by Dante. This is true even though the film is grounded in a vision of the numinous that is congruent not with the Dante's cosmos but with late twentieth-century science and cosmology. Contact, then, is a Dantean film that can be embraced …

Percy Shelley's A Defence Of Poetry: A Discussion, Maureen N. Mclane, Eric Alan Weinstein, Omar Miranda, Colin Jagaer, Susan Wolfson

Eric Alan Weinstein

An Addendum to the Unbinding Prometheus Project's Penn Shelley Seminars at UPenn; filmed at The offices of the English Department of NYU in New York City, Kelly Writers House at U Penn, and the office of Susan Wolfson, English Dept, McCosh Hall, Princeton University. Materials published in OpenLearning's The Great Poem Series Shelley MOOC. --- Eric Alan Weinstein

Considering Shelley's England In 1819: Penn Shelley Seminar Series (2 Of 3), Eric Alan Weinstein

Eric Alan Weinstein

Part of the Unbinding Prometheus Project's Penn Shelley Seminars at Upenn; materials published in OpenLearning's Great Poem Series Shelley MOOC. Eric Alan Weinstein.

Some Comments On Percy Shelley & The Thought Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Eric Alan Weinstein, Monika Lee

Eric Alan Weinstein

Part of the Unbinding Prometheus Project's Penn Shelley Seminars at Upenn; materials published in OpenLearning's Great Poem Series Shelley MOOC. Eric Alan Weinstein.

The Figure Of Prometheus & The Revolutionary Moment, Eric Alan Weinstein

Eric Alan Weinstein

A short talk about Percy Shelley, his family, the French and American Revolutions, and the importance of the figure of Prometheus in the Romantic era.

Penn Shelley Seminar Series, featured in OpenLearnings's Unbinding Prometheus MOOC on Percy Shelley. Part of The Great Poems Series.

Eric Alan Weinstein

Reading Aloud: Lord Byron's Prometheus, Eric Alan Weinstein

Eric Alan Weinstein

A reading of Lord Byron's poem, Prometheus by Eric Alan Weinstein. Penn Shelley Seminar Series, featured in OpenLearnings's Unbinding Prometheus MOOC on Percy Shelley. Part of The Great Poems Series. Unit 1, Module 2 (Prometheus Cluster), Video 2 Recorded at Van Pelt Library, Fall term, 2014.

Ideas Which Shaped Shelley, Ideas Shelley Shaped, Eric Alan Weinstein, Monika Lee

Eric Alan Weinstein

Part of the Unbinding Prometheus Project's Penn Shelley Seminars at UPenn; materials published in OpenLearning's Great Poem Series Shelley MOOC. Eric Alan Weinstein

Considering Lord Byron's Prometheus: Binding And Form: Penn Shelley Seminar Series (1 Of 3), Eric Alan Weinstein

Eric Alan Weinstein

Part of the Unbinding Prometheus Project's Penn Shelley Seminars at UPenn; materials published in OpenLearning's Great Poem Series Shelley MOOC. Eric Alan Weinstein

Considering Shelley's England In 1819: The Context Of Langston Hughes: Penn Shelley Seminar Series (3 Of 3), Eric Alan Weinstein

Eric Alan Weinstein

Part of the Unbinding Prometheus Project's Penn Shelley Seminars at UPenn. Materials published in OpenLearning's Great Poem Series Shelley MOOC.

Considering Lord Byron's Prometheus: Stanza 2 & 3: Penn Shelley Seminar Series (3 Of 3), Eric Alan Weinstein

Eric Alan Weinstein

Part of the Unbinding Prometheus Project's Penn Shelley Seminars at UPenn; materials published in OpenLearning's Great Poem Series Shelley MOOC. --- Eric Alan Weinstein

Considering Shelley's England In 1819: The Context Of Blake's London: Penn Shelley Seminar Series (1 Of 3), Eric Alan Weinstein

Eric Alan Weinstein

Part of the Unbinding Prometheus Project's Penn Shelley Seminars at UPenn; materials published in OpenLearning's Great Poem Series Shelley MOOC. Eric Alan Weinstein.

On Reading & Teaching The Modern Long Poem, With Reference To Williams's 'Paterson' & Two Passages From Eliot's 'The Waste Land', Eric Alan Weinstein, Alan Filreis

Eric Alan Weinstein

Eric Alan Weinstein and Al Filreis spent some time in the Wexler Studio of the Kelly Writers House talking about the problematics of the modern long poem. Can it be taught? Why is it so challenging, despite its central importance? The discussion is intentionally general at first, but soon Eric and Al turn to Eliot's The Waste Land, and in particular to two modally quite distinct passages from the poem. This is a PennSound podcast, number 46 in the ongoing series. To see all episodes at once please see the PennSound archive. To see the series as part of Jacket2 …

"Parable Of The Lost Finger" Podcast, Bryan M. Furuness

Bryan M. Furuness

This episode we bring you the brand-spanking new bible stories of Bryan Furuness, in which Lucifer is a precocious little boy and Jesus is his accident-prone buddy. The suburban children of this unholy scripture effortlessly humiliate their mortal parents, who lock them out on summer days, and paint mustaches on their portraits.

Base And Suffix Paradigms: Qualitative Evidence Of Emergent Borrowed Suffixes In Multiple Late Middle And Early Modern English Registers, Chris C. Palmer

Chris C. Palmer

Bird Wonder, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

Some birders travel great distances to see rare species, filling out impressive life lists of species. But not commentator Tom Montgomery-Fate. Tom and his boy let the birds travel to them, as their migrating friends return to the Midwest.

Living A Slower Paced Life, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

With opening day comes a slower more enjoyable time. And that suits writer Tom Montgomery-Fate just fine. He’s the type to just sit in wonder of life’s mysteries.

A Prayer Of Attention, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

As winter in Chicago starts to wind down, we should give thanks for its mildness so far. But mild or not, writer Tom Montgomery-Fate will be sorry to see it go. For whether he’s in the Windy City or a snow-covered wood, he finds a certain solace in this season.

Modern Thoreau, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

Although Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" was written more than one hundred years ago, commentator Tom Montgomery-Fate finds that many of its ideas are relevant today.

Journal Of Sun, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

Commentator Tom Montgomery-Fate considers the cycles of the sun as he watches the days lengthen and waits for winter to melt into spring.

The Herons Return, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

Commentator Tom Montgomery-Fate writes about the return of the great blue heron to his farm in Michigan.

Ants, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

Writer and professor Tom Montgomery-Fate reflects on what insects have to teach us about our hurried lives.

In Search Of Home, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

Longing to go back to his birthplace in Iowa, Chicago commentator Tom Montgomery-Fate ponders the meaning of home.

Nature's Balance, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

A possum feeds on fresh road kill, causing commentator Tom Montgomery-Fate to ponder the meaning of violence and the cycles of nature.

Spring, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

In his efforts to teach his daughters an important lesson, writer Tom Montgomery Fate says he learned something even more valuable.

Cinema Fakes: Film And Joycean Fantasy, Thomas Burkdall

Thomas Burkdall

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