Biography
Oscar Wilde - Leading a Double Life | Biography
Born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, author, playwright and poet Oscar Wilde was a popular literary figure in late Victorian England, known for his brilliant wit, flamboyant style and infamous imprisonment for homosexuality. After...
Gresham College
Did George Sand Write like a Woman? - Professor Belinda Jack
Who better than the author of an highly regarded biography to discuss the writing of George Sand? Belinda Jack here answers questions of gender and literature; did George Sand have a feminine voice, is there such a thing and does it...
Reading Through History
Biography Brief: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
http://readingthroughhistory.com/ This is a short biography of the Women's Suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Transcript: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was a tireless, good-humored reformer who battled to increase the role women...
IT'S HISTORY
Jane Austen - A Biography of Pride and Prejudice I THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Nowadays, Jane Austen is one of the world's most well known female authors. Just about everybody has heard of her books like Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility. But when her books were published for the first time, her name was...
Curated Video
Jane Austen: What Did She Look Like? | Her Story & Face Revealed | Royalty Now
Jane Austen: What did she really look like? Facial Re-creations of the famous author of Pride and Prejudice & History Documentary. Timestamps: 0:00 Early Life & First Writings 3:28 First Love 5:22 Prolific Period 7:25 Time in Bath 10:58...
Curated Video
Compare and Contrast
Compare and Contrast analyzes the presentation of the same event by different authors by comparing and contrasting the authors' viewpoints of the event.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nancy MacLean - Teachers Make a Difference - Frank Wiener
Nancy MacLean is an award-winning scholar of the twentieth-century U.S., whose most recent book, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America, has been described by Publishers Weekly as “a...
Curated Video
Unraveling the Myth of Ernest Hemingway (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)
Here’s the problem with tackling Ernest Hemingway—Ernest Hemingway himself. While the iconic author is mostly known for his feats of literary prowess, from The Sun Also Rises to For Whom the Bell Tolls, to countless short stories—perhaps...
One Minute History
Dr. Seuss - Epic Artist Series - Children's Book Legends - One Minute History
Theodor Seuss Geisel is born in Springfield, Massachusetts. At twenty-one, he publishes his first cartoon under the pen name “Dr Seuss”; his mother’s maiden name, pronounced ‘Zoice!’. Theodor marries and begins working as an illustrator...
One Minute History
003 Dr. Seuss - One Minute History
Theodor Seuss Geisel is born in Springfield, Massachusetts. At twenty one, he publishes his first cartoon under the pen name “Dr. Seuss”; his mother’s maiden name, pronounced ‘Zoice!’. Theodor marries and begins working as an illustrator...
Biography
Oscar Wilde's Turbulent Love Life
Born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, author, playwright and poet Oscar Wilde was a popular literary figure in late Victorian England, known for his brilliant wit, flamboyant style and infamous imprisonment for homosexuality. After...
Reading Through History
History Brief: George Orwell
The following video provides a brief biography of the author known as George Orwell, including his childhood, young adult life, and writing career. For an educational unit on Orwell, click here: http://bit.ly/2l2IScW *** Like our...
Gresham College
Darkness Audible: Benjamin Britten at 100 - Late, 1971-1976 - Paul Kildea and Mark Milhofer
'In the history of art late works are the catastrophes,' proposed Theodor Adorno. In this illustrated lecture Paul Kildea, author of the first major biography of Benjamin Britten in twenty years, disputes the narrative of decline that...
Gresham College
Darkness Audible: Benjamin Britten at 100 - Early, 1913-1945 - Paul Kildea and Mark Milhofer
On the day Penguin publishes Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century, the first major biography of Britten in twenty years, author Paul Kildea traces the emergence of the greatest English musician of the last century. In this...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Susan Campbell - Teachers Make a Difference - Richard Massa
Susan Campbell is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a widely-read newspaper columnist, and the author of three books. She has worked across the media landscape as an award-winning print journalist, a regular commentator on WNPR, and a...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Susan Campbell - Why Journalism Matters
Susan Campbell is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a widely-read newspaper columnist, and the author of three books. She has worked across the media landscape as an award-winning print journalist, a regular commentator on WNPR, and a...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nancy MacLean -Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
Nancy MacLean is an award-winning scholar of the twentieth-century U.S., whose most recent book, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America, has been described by Publishers Weekly as “a...
The Great War
Life In The Tomb - WW1 Author Stratis Myrivilis
Most learners likely are not familiar with Statis Myrivilis or his anti-war writings, but his works spur scholars to debate over the role of protest literature in wartime. While the video does situate Myrivilis within the context of the...
Biography
John Steinbeck- Mini Biography
John Steinbeck, called the voice of working-class Americans, is the subject of this mini-biography that includes interviews and images to provide an overview of his life and works.
The Great War
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Father of Lord of The Rings
Best known as the author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien may have used some of his trench warfare experiences to create Middle Earth. While the trilogy is not entirely autobiographical, many scholars agree that...
PBS
Hemingway: The Art vs. The Artist
Seven clips from the documentary Hemingway by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick inform an investigation of how aspects of Ernest Hemingway's life influenced his writings.
C-SPAN
On This Day: Charles Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" is Published
Charles Darwin's work, On The Origin of Species, fundamentally changed the study of science. Using clips from an author talk, young historians connect the scientific ideas behind evolution to American history. Afterward, they consider:...