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- Conferences
- 2019 Literary Life Online Conference (Streaming Videos)
- $40.00
- THE 2019 LITERARY LIFE CONFERENCE 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. For over three decades, Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins have been passionate advocates for the centrality of stories and books for, not only, education--but for all…
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- Conferences
- 2020 Literary Life Online Conference (Streaming Videos)
- $42.00
- Note: This purchase allows you to stream the recordings of the conference. 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. We live in disrupted and disenchanted times. So, for that matter, have many in the past few centuries. How ought to…
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- Conferences
- 2021 Literary Life Conference (Streaming Videos)
- $39.00
- Note: These are the streaming videos for a conference held in April 2021. 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. On the eve of the outbreak of World War Two, Christian writers, intellectuals, poets, and academics began to gather…
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- Conferences
- 2022 Literary Life Conference
- $42.00
- THE BATTLE OVER CHILDREN'S LITERATURE What books should children read, is a question that parents, teachers, and even clergymen have wrestled with for centuries. But this is a question that cannot be answered apart from larger questions about the nature of children and the purpose of stories. How do children learn? How is virtue cultivated? What is the moral imagination…
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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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- Mini-Classes, Streaming Video
- An Introduction to Russian Literature
- $180.00
- The writings of the great 19th century Russian masters are among the richest in the literature of the world. The personal and political dramas, the skepticisms and struggles, beliefs and fanaticisms that gave life to the Russian world of that era are all richly presented in the works of Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Gogol and their peers. This course will begin with…
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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
- Beowulf
- $80.00
- This is the recording of a 5-day class taught by Angelina Stanford (over 7 hours of instruction) Learn how to read Beowulf like the original audience! Discover the historical and literary background of the work, and watch the work open up for you. Find out the answer to the question: Is this work Christian or pagan? To View the Videos…
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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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- Mini-Classes
- Classical Drama: Three Greek Plays (videos)
- $150.00
- Note: This class is completed, but you may work through the course at your own pace. After you purchase the class, you will receive a link to the virtual classroom. Instructor: Thomas Banks The plays of the ancient Greeks are the first great examples of dramatic literature known to us, and the reading of them is a lasting pleasure and…
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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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- House of Humane Letters Gift Certificate
- Looking for the perfect gift for a friend or loved one for Christmas? Try a House of Humane Letters online gift certificate! Give the gift of a webinar, summer class, mini-class, or conference for any special occasion. Send it by email to the recipient or email it to yourself and print it out to give as a physical gift! Recipients…
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- House of Humane Letters Gift Certificate (Christmas)
- Looking for the perfect gift for a friend or loved one for Christmas? Try a House of Humane Letters online gift certificate! Give the gift of a webinar, summer class, mini-class, or conference for any special occasion. Send it by email to the recipient or email it to yourself and print it out to give as a physical gift! Recipients…
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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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- Mini-Classes, Streaming Video
- How to Read Fairy Tales
- $180.00
- NOTE: This purchase provides access to the recordings a previously live class. Almost 20 hours of instruction. *****Our customer service coordinator will email you the login info and instructions for the course.****** Fairy tales are universal. We find them in every time and in every culture. For as long as there have been words, people have been telling these stories.…
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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 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
- Napoleon Bonaparte, whose ambitions, victories, and final defeat at Waterloo changed Europe permanently in the wake of the French Revolution, has inspired historians and students of history for many generations with admiration and hatred alike. On May 25th, Thomas Banks will describe his obscure origins, his rise to power in the aftermath of the Revolution, his triumphs in the field…
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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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- 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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- Mini-Classes
- Seeking the Discarded Image: Nature
- $45.00
- NOTE: This purchase provides access to the recordings a previously live class. Almost 20 hours of instruction. Our customer service coordinator will email you the login info and instructions for the course. C.S. Lewis says it is “worth while to spend some labour on ‘putting ourselves back’ into the universe which our ancestors believed themselves to inhabit. What their work…
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- Mini-Classes, Streaming Video
- Seeking the Discarded Image: The Heavens (a mini-class by Kelly Cumbee)
- $45.00
- Note: This class is completed, but you may work through the course at your own pace. After you purchase the class, you will receive a link to the virtual classroom. Instructor: Kelly Cumbee C.S. Lewis says it is “worth while to spend some labour on ‘putting ourselves back’ into the universe which our ancestors believed themselves to inhabit. What their…
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- Webinars
- Shakespeare’s Roman Plays (videos)
- $45.00
- Shakespeare’s three great Roman tragedies remain definitive representations of political power, tyranny, anarchy, unrestrained passion, and the corruptibility of men. Join classicist Thomas Banks this October for his three-session short class on Shakespeare’s Romans; enjoy the supreme excellence of Shakespeare’s dramatic verse; discover the historical basis of the three plays in the writings of Plutarch; and enter into the world…
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