-
-
- 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…
- Add to cart
-
-
- 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…
- Add to cart
-
-
- 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.…
- Add to cart
-
-
- Webinars
- 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…
- Add to cart
-
-
- 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…
- Add to cart
-
-
- Webinars
- 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…
- Add to cart
