The Histocrat
Beowulf, Hero of the Old English - Mythillogical
On today's episode Crofty makes a triumphant return, joining Charles to wax poetic about Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon epic rich in historical and legendary connections, and to ask if the eponymous hero was a poet’s creation, or a figure of...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Everything you need to know to read "The Canterbury Tales" - Iseult Gillespie
A portly Miller, barely able to sit on his horse, rambles on about the flighty wife of a crotchety old carpenter and the scholar she takes as her lover. This might sound like a bawdy joke, but it's part of one of the most esteemed works...
Oxford Comma
When You Break a Poet's Heart: A Reading, Summary, and Analysis of Yeats' "When You Are Old"
Written as more of an indulgent thought experiment, than a love poem, "When You Are Old" still contains that trademark Yeatsian beauty.
Oxford Comma
What War Leaves Unsaid. A Reading, Summary, and Analysis of "my sweet old etcetera"
Most students know e.e. cummings for his distinct and unusual writing style. No where is that style on better display than in his great antiwar poem, "my sweet old etcetera."
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jonathan Mooney - Teachers Make a Difference
Jonathan Mooney is a dyslexic writer and activist who did not learn to read until he was 12 years old. He is a graduate of Brown University’s class of 2000 and holds an honors degree in English Literature. Jonathan is founder and...
Curated Video
Anglo-Saxon language and literature
Texts were written in Latin and Old English in the Anglo-Saxon period, with both languages playing an important role in learning and education. Learn more on our Anglo-Saxons website www.bl.uk/anglo-saxons.
Oxford Comma
The Old Lie: Reading, Summary, and Analysis of Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est"
From the trenches of the Great War, Wilfred Owen composed some of the most haunting poetry of the 20th century. The war would eventually take hiss life, but not before he penned a warning for his and future generations about the horrors...
Oxford Comma
End of the World: The Second Coming
Many are surprised to learnt that both a collection of essays about 1960s culture and the most famous Nigerian novel of all time both take their titles from an old Irish poem. Keep watching for a reading, summary, and analysis of William...
Oxford Comma
Romantic or Sleazy? Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress
In this reading, summary, and analysis we'll look at Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress." At nearly 400 years old, the poem remains surprisingly relevant, funny, and uncomfortable.
Langfocus
VIKING INFLUENCE on the English Language!
This video is all about the Viking age and how it affected the English language. Special thanks to Oliver Jahren for his Norwegian samples! Support Langfocus on Patreon: http://patreon.com/langfocus Current Patreon supporters include...
Langfocus
The Enigmatic ICELANDIC Language
This video is all about the Icelandic language, an Insular North Germanic language (along with Faroese). It can be also be classified as a member of the Western branch of the North Germanic languages (along with Faroese and Norwegian)...
Curated Video
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War
600 years. 180 spectacular treasures. A once-in-a-generation exhibition. Be inspired by a time of political, cultural and artistic majesty as history lifts off the page in our enthralling new exhibition, Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jonathan Mooney - Reimagining Learning
Jonathan Mooney is a dyslexic writer and activist who did not learn to read until he was 12 years old. He is a graduate of Brown University’s class of 2000 and holds an honors degree in English Literature. Jonathan is founder and...
Ashmolean Museum
Thinking With Things: Professor Dame Hermione Lee
Virginia Woolf, the famous author, wrote an essay 'Walter Sickert: a conversation' on the painting of Ennui by Walter Richard Sickert in 1933. Woolf describes how she imagines the characters in the painting as an old publican, 'with his...
Big Think
How Lexicographers Think About Language | Kory Stamper
If you’ve ever used “y’all” in a business setting, you might be get an odd look from your colleagues but you might actually be helping the word get into the dictionary. Mirriam Webster’s Kory Stamper explains just how words end up making...
GradeSaver
1984 Video Summary
Visit us at www.gradesaver.com to read the full transcript and learn more the classic novel: https://www.gradesaver.com/1984/study-guide/ In the novel 1984, author George Orwell presents a dystopian world where three totalitarian...
NativLang
The Other Z - why you mispronounce this Scottish letter
How an old letter and a printing press changed our pronunciation of a Scottish name. A story about Scots - neither English nor Gaelic! Subscribe for language: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Be my patron:...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sean Frederick Forbes "Ancestry"
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, and raised in Southside Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Sean Frederick Forbes is the author of Providencia (2013). Sean identifies as Afro-Latino and connects to the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Recent poems...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sean Frederick Forbes "Gnosis"
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, and raised in Southside Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Sean Frederick Forbes is the author of Providencia (2013). Sean identifies as Afro-Latino and connects to the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Recent poems...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sean Frederick Forbes "An Oracle Remembering Providencia's Formation"
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, and raised in Southside Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Sean Frederick Forbes is the author of Providencia (2013). Sean identifies as Afro-Latino and connects to the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Recent poems...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sean Frederick Forbes - Teachers Make a Difference - Janet Feldberg
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, and raised in Southside Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Sean Frederick Forbes is the author of Providencia (2013). Sean identifies as Afro-Latino and connects to the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Recent poems...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alicia Ostriker "Ghazal: America the Beautiful"
Alicia Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. Ostriker received a BA from Brandeis University in 1959 and an MA and PhD in literature, in 1961 and 1964 respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.She is the author...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alicia Ostriker "Manahatta"
Alicia Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. Ostriker received a BA from Brandeis University in 1959 and an MA and PhD in literature, in 1961 and 1964 respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.She is the author...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alicia Ostriker "August Morning, Upper Broadway"
Alicia Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. Ostriker received a BA from Brandeis University in 1959 and an MA and PhD in literature, in 1961 and 1964 respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.She is the author...