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- Mini-Classes, Webinars
- Advent Bundle
- $60.00
- Everything you need for Advent Read-Alouds This Advent Bundle Includes Recordings of these previous classes: An in-depth mini-class on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol taught by Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks. With the approach of Advent, it’s the perfect time to explore Charles Dickens’ classic tale of selfishness and redemption and the Christmas spirit. Drawing on her expertise…
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- Webinars
- As You Like It: A Shakespeare Webinar by Kelly Cumbee (Streaming Video)
- $15.00
- Note: This is the streaming video of a previously live webinar. How do I view the recording? Log in to your account on www.houseofhumaneletters.com, click on My Account and then Orders to view the recording. You cannot access the recording from your receipt. You must log in first. C.S. Lewis says that reading old literature is a lot like visiting…
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- Mini-Classes, Streaming Video, Webinars
- Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Mini-Class (Streaming Videos)
- $45.00
- Join Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks for a 3-day IN-DEPTH look at Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol--- just in time for Christmas! With the approach of Advent, it’s the perfect time to explore Charles Dickens’ classic tale of selfishness and redemption and the Christmas spirit. Drawing on her expertise in Victorian literature, folklore, and mythology, Angelina Stanford will reveal the…
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- Webinars
- George Orwell: His Life and Work Webinar by Thomas Banks(Streaming Video)
- $15.00
- Note: This purchase gives access to the streaming video of this webinar. George Orwell did more to shape the imagination and political obsessions of the last century than almost any other writer of his generation. Both his fiction and nonfiction writings have begotten many imitators, and their language and characters have entered the common vocabulary of the English-speaking world. Join…
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- Webinars
- How to Love Poetry: An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Poetry Webinar (streaming video)
- $15.00
- To View the Video after purchase, log in, click Orders, then View, then Click Here to View the Video, and you will be taken to the video player. Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. -Aristotle- Want to love poetry, but you just don’t know how to? Already love poetry but…
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- Webinars
- Jonathan Swift: Enemy of the Enlightenment Webinar
- $15.00
- This is a recording of a previously live webinar. To view the recordings after the LIVE session, log in to your account on www.houseofhumaneletters.com, click on My Account and then Orders to view the recording Jonathan Swift was the last great defender of the Ancients in what was known as The Battle of the Ancients versus the Moderns. He was…
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- Webinars
- King Henry VIII and the Beginnings of Modern England (streaming video)
- $15.00
- (Note: This is a recording of a previously live webinar. To access the recorded video afterwards, log in to your House of Humane Letters account, click "Dashboard," then "Orders," then click the corresponding order. There will be a link that says "View Recording.") King Henry the Eighth, the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, has been credited both by admirers…
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- Webinars
- King Lear Webinar
- $15.00
- Streaming Video of Webinar. To View the Videos after purchase, log in, click Orders, then View, then Click Here to View the Videos, and you will be taken to the video player and playlist. King Lear is one of the darkest and most violent of Shakespeare’s tragedies, but just as the lightning flashes through the storm on the heath, there are moments…
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- Webinars
- Mirror, Mirror: Reflections of the Gospel in Snow White (webinar–streaming video)
- $15.00
- This is the recording of a LIVE webinar taught by Angelina Stanford (over 90 minutes). To view the recording, login to your account, click Dashboard, then Orders, then View. Learn what a fairy tale is, how to read one, and how to find the Gospel in every story. Price: $15
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- Webinars
- Napoleon Bonaparte: His Rise, Ruin, and Legacy (A Webinar)
- $15.00
- Note: This is a recording of a previously Live Webinar. To access the recorded video afterwards, log in to your House of Humane Letters account, click "Dashboard," then "Orders," then click the corresponding order. There will be a link that says "View Recording." Napoleon Bonaparte, whose ambitions, victories, and final defeat at Waterloo changed Europe permanently in the wake…
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- Webinars
- Poetry and Classical Myth Webinar (Streaming Video)
- $15.00
- Poetry and Classical Myth: The Influence of Greek and Roman Myth on English Poetry Join classicist and poet Thomas Banks for a webinar on the influence of classical mythology on English poetry. The influence of Greek and Roman mythology on English poetry has been immense. The imagery, recurring themes and narratives of the great works of the English language owe…
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- Webinars
- Satire & Sanctity: The War Novels of Evelyn Waugh (streaming video)
- $15.00
- Note: This is a video of a previously live webinar. To access the recorded video, log in to your House of Humane Letters account, click "Dashboard," then "Orders," then click the corresponding order. There will be a link that says "View Recording." Evelyn Waugh was one of the comic masters of 20th century English literature. He was also a veteran of…
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- Mini-Classes, Webinars
- Seeking the Discarded Image: Man (A Mini-Class by Kelly Cumbee)
- $45.00
- Note: The class will be conducted using Canvas as our virtual classroom, which includes a discussion forum. Before class begins, you will receive a link to enroll in Canvas. Click the link to login to the virtual classroom, which will have everything you need for the course. C.S. Lewis says it is “worth while to spend some labour on ‘putting…
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- Webinars
- The Fable: A Webinar by Thomas Banks
- $15.00
- Note: This is the streaming video for a previously live webinar. People have written stories about animals for nearly as long as we have written stories about ourselves. From the fables of Aesop to the folk tales of Joel Chandler Harris, tales of four-footed tricksters and furry fools have found a permanent place in the literature of several civilizations. Join…
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- Webinars
- The French Revolution, Romanticism, and the Beginning of the Modern Political Era – A Webinar by Thomas Banks
- $15.00
- This purchase is for streaming access to the video of a previously live webinar. To access this video after purchase, (make sure you are logged in on a computer) click Dashboard, then Orders, click the order you want to view and then click the link that says View the Recording. "The French Revolution", an English historian once wrote, "was…
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- Webinars
- The Henriad: Shakespeare on War (A Webinar by James Banks)
- $15.00
- This is the recording of a previously Live Webinar. How do I view the recording? Log in to your account on www.houseofhumaneletters.com, click on My Account and then Orders to view the recording. Questions? contact.humaneletters@gmail.com In 1944, when Allied troops were jumping behind enemy lines and disembarking under heavy fire on Normandy’s beaches, a film unit from the British Ministry of…
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- Webinars
- The Life & Imagination of Milton: A Webinar by James Banks
- $15.00
- Note: This is a streaming video of a previously LIVE webinar. See below for instructions on viewing the recording. In 1667, Paradise Lost, the greatest narrative poem in the English language, appeared in print. John Milton, the author, was a blind, gout-afflicted scholar and retired civil servant living in obscurity as he approached his 60th birthday. He had not published…
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- Webinars
- The Poetry of Advent Webinar (Streaming Video)
- $15.00
- In the days leading up to Christmas, it is good to appreciate the poetry of the sacred season, of which the poets of England and America have offered so much. On December 4th, Thomas Banks will read and discuss several classic Christmas poems by George Herbert, Christina Rossetti, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and others with commentary on their historical background. He…
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- Webinars
- The Tempest Webinar (Recording)
- $15.00
- (NOTE: This is a recording of a previously live webinar.) Storms and time. The sea and the soul. Dreams and imagination. Shakespeare's last play is one of only two with a plot that's original to him. In this webinar we will explore the author's inspiration, discuss the original audience's expectations, and find the harmony in this tale of vengeance and love.…
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- The War That Didn’t End All Wars–A Webinar by Thomas Banks (Recording)
- $15.00
- Note: This purchase gives you lifetime access to the streaming video of a previously live webinar. To view the webinar, login to your account, click Orders, then View. The greatest result of the First World War was, unquestionably, the deaths of twenty million human beings. Other tragedies bred by that conflict included the disruptions of politics, religion, and society…
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- Webinars
- Western Films and Western Fiction (a webinar)
- $15.00
- This purchase is for streaming access to the video of a previously live webinar. To access this video after purchase, (make sure you are logged in on a computer) click Dashboard, then Orders, click the order you want to view and then click the link that says View the Recording. America does not have any story form comparable to the…
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- Writer, Rebel, Poseur, Fraud: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and His Influence on the Arts, Education, and Revolutionary Politics
- $15.00
- The modern mind and imagination have been altered and influenced by few characters so profoundly as by a poorly educated Swiss watchmaker's son who ran away from home at age fifteen. He wandered, read, lectured, lied, fell in love several times, fought wars of the pen with his contemporaries, and reintroduced sentiment in a world of rationalism, and nature-worship in…
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