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Early 20th-Century American Literature Videos


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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?

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?...

The Catcher in the Rye
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Welcome to the first world problem pity parade. Strap in.

Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
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Can you imagine what it would be like to be without the gift of sight? In "Cathedral," the narrator helps a blind man envision a cathedral by guidi...

Chicago
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You really must love a town if you're going to write a whole poem about it. Carl Sandburg wrote an entire poem on his hometown, Chicago, just becau...

The Color Purple
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In The Color Purple, Celie is abused by her father and husband. She leaves her father by marrying Mr. ________, and then leaves Mr. ______, too. Bu...

Death of a Salesman
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What is the American Dream? Is it popularity? Or is it being content with what you have? In Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman, the American...

Death of a Salesman Summary
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A salesman dies—sorry to ruin it for you. But in addition to giving away key plot points in the title, Arthur Miller also liked to make some pret...

Fahrenheit 451
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Would would the world be like without books? Ray Bradbury tackles that question—and many more— in Fahrenheit 451. Go ahead; read it on your Kin...

Fahrenheit 451 and "Harrison Bergeron"
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We may be into the whole online education thing, but we love our books more than anything. So the thought of someone burning them? Or of a life wit...

Gatsby's New York
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The Great Gatsby is set in and around New York City and Long Island. On the big L.I., there are two areas known as "West Egg" and "East Egg." East...

Girl (Jamaica Kincaid)
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"Girl," by Jamaica Kincaid, is a poem—er, a story... er... what is this thing? Either way, it's about a mother's advice to her daughter. And noth...

The Grapes of Wrath
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The Grapes of Wrath is one of the longest—ahem, most important books in American literary history. But what's with the title?

The Grapes of Wrath (Las uvas de la ira)
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Así que ... si las uvas de la ira se perdió demasiado tiempo, iban a convertirse en pasas de uva de la ira? Si es así, esto podría afectar seri...

The Grapes of Wrath Summary
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No, not the sour grapes of questionable freshness that gave you weird stomach rumblings before your last soccer game; we're talking about Steinbeck...

The Grapes of Wrath: Written How Long Ago?
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So... if grapes of wrath sat out too long, would they become raisins of wrath? If so, this could seriously affect the entire mood of our bran flake...

Hatchet
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The ultimate young-kid-lost-in-the-wilderness book. And yes, there are a lot of them.

The House on Mango Street
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Do we need creative arts to survive, or is logic enough? And how can The House on Mango Street help us decide? Check out this video to find out.

Huck Finn
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If you suddenly came into a bunch of money, you'd give it all away, right? Yeah, we figured.

Huck Finn (Spanish)
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Si alguna vez te encuentras en una balsa flotando en el río Mississippi, usted va a querer hacer algo. Lectura clásico de Mark Twain, Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn, sin duda se ajustaba perfectamente. O, si la balsa tiene wi-fi, se puede ver este video.

Invisible Man
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You’re one in a million, buddy. Er...actually, more like one meaningless speck in a sea of billions. Makes you feel kind of insignificant, right? Nobody knows how that feels better than Ralph Emerson’s invisible man, as he loses his identity and picks up a few fun new ones, such as “liar”, “trouble maker”, and “most likely to sneak into a movie theatre without paying.”

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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"The Love Song of Shmoop" is next.

Mending Wall
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Why not just buy a new wall? We're sure Mr. Frost would be okay with it.

Old Man and the Sea
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The Old Man and the Sea was actually Hemingway's second title. His editor wouldn't let him use The Middle Aged Man and the Stubborn Fish.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Who's really the crazy one in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? Shmoop amongst yourselves.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Summary
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Think of this video as a how-to guide for not getting lobotomized. Practical? Maybe not. Entertaining? Um...

Seuss Nano: Marvin K. Mooney
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Is Marvin K. Mooney supposed to be Richard M. Nixon? And if so... which character was supposed to represent Pat Nixon? Was it Bartholomew Cubbins? He was a pretty snappy dresser...

Slaughterhouse Five
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We wish the Tralfamadorians were as fun as they sound. But unfortunately, they're your garden variety kidnap-humans-and-torture-them type of alien.

Speak
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The main character of Speak doesn't speak. Watch this video to find out why.