This is it! The final episode of CC Literature season 4 is a deeper look at Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Today we'll explore the novel's take on materialism, and we'll talk about whether the novel has a liberal or conservative...

Whether she's describing bickering families, quiet declarations of love, or juicy gossip, Jane Austen's writing often feels as though it was written just for you. Her dry wit and cheeky playfulness informs her heroines, whose...

In which a series about literature, which is wanting of an episode on Jane Austen, gets the first of two episodes. It's Pride and Prejudice, everybody! John Green talks about Pride and Prejudice as a product of Regency England, gives you...

The video explores the thematic concerns of authority in William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience. It contrasts the nurturing and protective authority figures in Innocence with the oppressive and restrictive figures in...

"The Tiger" and "The Lamb" are two contrasting poems by William Blake that explore different perspectives on God and the world. While "The Tiger" questions the ferocity and contradictions of God's creation, "The Lamb" portrays God as a...

William Blake, a visionary poet and artist, experienced profound encounters with angels, demons, and spiritual beings, which he expressed through his poetry with unwavering conviction. His work challenges conventional perceptions of...

Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake is a poetic masterpiece that delves into the contrasting states of the human soul. Through two collections published in 1789 and 1794, Blake explores themes of innocence and...

The revolutionary spirit of William Blake comes through clearly in his iconic collection, Songs of Innocence and of Experience. With his seemingly simple nursery rhymes, Blake challenges authority, questions the church and monarchy, and...

Joyce made this recording in Paris at the HMV studios at the insistence of Sylvia Beach (the woman behind Shakespeare and Company, the publisher's of Ulysses). Beach recounts about the recording process, "Joyce himself was anxious to...

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In one of the most iconic scenes in all of theatre, Juliet leans upon the railing of her balcony and asks:

“What's in a name? that which we call a
rose
By any other name would smell
as sweet…”
Of course, Juliet is...

This video presents a performance from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" showcasing Theseus, the Duke of Athens, as he speaks his lines with authority and depth. The segment focuses on his governance and the complexities of law and love,...

This video captures a theatrical interpretation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" focusing on Lysander's proposal to Hermia to escape Athens and marry in secrecy. His persuasive speech reveals his plans to leverage his aunt's remote estate...

On May 1, 1517 — now referred to as Evil may Day — riots broke out in London as a response to an influx of immigrant workers. Eighty years later, a play was written that includes some of these events. The play, called Sir Thomas More,...

The characters in Romeo and Juliet constantly talk about death. And modern readers usually pick up on how this talk of death is wielded as a threat, foreshadows the end of the play, and allows younger teenagers to be overdramatic. What...

From early in life, Mary Shelley found inspiration and solace at the foot of the grave. Biographical insight into this relationship with the departed clearly shows that Victor Frankenstein's journey is a terrible lesson in how to respect...

Intellectual historian Stefan Collini, University of Cambridge, describes how, to a certain extent, one can say that the famous literary critic F.R. Leavis wrote in a deliberately difficult way, in an effort to make his readers think and...

Historian David Armitage (Harvard) reflects upon his roundabout route to becoming a leading intellectual historian.

This is the grand finale of Virginia Woolf’s famous essay A Room of One’s Own. Join us to find out how she brings all the strands of her argument together, and ends it with a poetic bang. What does Woolf see for the future of...

Jane Austen: What did she really look like? Facial Re-creations of the famous author of Pride and Prejudice & History Documentary.
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Get to know the story behind some of literature's most iconic book covers in the latest episode of It's Lit!