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Early 20th-Century Literature Videos


A Farewell to Arms

You might be hearing a chorus of farewells if you recommend A Farewell to Arms as the next read for your Fabulously Feisty Feminist Book Club.


All Early 20th-Century Literature Videos 3 videos

A Hunger Artist (Kafka)
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Guy in a black leotard. In a cage. Not eating. Weird? Yes. Popular? Absolutely. Kafka's short story includes iconic artist-figures: a mouse singer...

A Rose for Emily
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What? She gets a rose and we don’t? Who is this Emily person anyway? What’s she done to deserve such a delightful, aromatic gift?

Dr. Seuss: Changing the Way We Read
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You'd have to be a Grinch not to acknowledge what a huge effect Dr. Seuss had on all of us. Horton may have heard a Who, but hey... we heard it, t...

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Early 20th-Century American Literature Videos 30 videos

A Rose for Emily
20530 Views

What? She gets a rose and we don’t? Who is this Emily person anyway? What’s she done to deserve such a delightful, aromatic gift?

The Call of the Wild
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A cheap shot at a bestseller or a deeper book with connections relevant to the human race? In The Call of the Wild, the protagonist is a dog named...

Catch-22
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This video discusses the major ideas of the satirical American war novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. The horror of war meets…absurdity and humor?...

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Early 20th-Century British Literature Videos 8 videos

Brave New World
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Brave New World is supposed be an exciting book about a negative utopia and the corrupt powers of authority. So where’s the big car chase? What's...

Dracula: Father of the Modern Vampire
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There are plenty of famous vampires that send chills up our spines, but Dracula was and still is the king of them all. No one else can touch him. N...

Lord of the Flies
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Are humans civilized, or are we just savages waiting to come out? William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies tackles that question.

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Early 20th-Century World Literature Videos 5 videos

A Hunger Artist (Kafka)
4695 Views

Guy in a black leotard. In a cage. Not eating. Weird? Yes. Popular? Absolutely. Kafka's short story includes iconic artist-figures: a mouse singer...

Julie of the Wolves
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In Julie of the Wolves, a girl is thrown into the wild, far away from civilization. Find out how she fares by watching this video.

Julius Caesar
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How's Julius Caesar doing after that whole "assassination" thing? Well, he's taking it one day at a time.

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