(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.") A Webinar by Thomas Banks and Michael Williams The 20th century was an era in which poetry…
How to Read Beowulf An in-depth week-long class with Angelina Stanford (NOTE: If you have already purchased the old Beowulf class, you can upgrade to the new class for only $20! See your purchase note for the coupon code.) When confronted with a very old work of literature, the modern reader struggles for several reasons. The biggest obstacle is that…
(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…
(Note: This is a recording of a previously live class. The login information for this class will be in your Completed Invoice under Notes. Email [email protected] with any login questions.") The Taming of the Shrew may be Shakespeare’s most misunderstood play! Angelina Stanford will lead you through Elizabethan Cosmology, the form of the play, the tradition of the taming…
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…
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…
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…
