Approaching Literature

Top Girls

US Version

By Caryl Churchill

Series: Approaching Literature

Presents the complete two-hour BBC production directed by Max-Stafford Clark. Also contains a workshop discussion of alternative stagings, as well as interviews with Churchill and Stafford-Clark. AVAILABLE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA....

Published April 15th 1998 by Routledge

Gender and Drama

Series: Approaching Literature

Presented by Lizbeth Goodman this cassette includes a reading by Harriet Walter of an extract from Timberlake Wertenbacker's Three Birds Alighting on a Field and a full production of Susan Glaspell's Trifles. There are also interviews with actors, playwrights, translators and directors, edited...

Published September 3rd 1997 by Routledge

Romantic Poets

By Stephen Bygrave

Series: Approaching Literature

Written and presented by Stephen Bygrave and produced by Amanda Willett, this cassette presents a clear, wide-ranging view of the subject. This introduction begins with a discussion by Stephen Bygrave on listening and understanding poetry of the Romantic period. Readings include poems by: *...

Published September 3rd 1997 by Routledge

Women and Poetry

By Angus Calder, Lizbeth Goodman

Series: Approaching Literature

Written and presented by Lizbeth Goodman and Angus Calder, this cassette includes a wide variety of readings of poems, followed by discussions about the way in which gender affects the reading and interpretation of poems. Among the poets covered are Emily Dickinson, Robert Browning, Sylvia Plath...

Published September 3rd 1997 by Routledge

As You Like It

US Version

By William Shakespeare

Series: Approaching Literature

Presented by Fiona Shaw, this video shows how various interpretations of Shakespeare can be explored through performance. Includes exercises in interpretation and production of the play by Cheek by Jowl. AVAILABLE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA....

Published April 16th 1997 by Routledge

As You Like It

By William Shakespeare

Series: Approaching Literature

Presented by Fiona Shaw, this is an invaluable resource, examining various issues, including how interpretations of Shakespeare can be explored through performance and the difference between film and theatre. The video includes workshops by Fiona Shaw with student actors; extracts from the all-male...

Published December 25th 1996 by Routledge

Romantic Writings

Edited by Stephen Bygrave

Series: Approaching Literature

Romantic Writings is an ideal introduction to the cultural phenomenon of Romanticism - one of the most important European literary movements and the cradle of 'Modern' culture. Here you will find an accessible introduction to the well-known male Romantic writers - Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge,...

Published August 7th 1996 by Routledge

Shakespeare, Aphra Behn and the Canon

By Lizbeth Goodman, W.R. Owens

Series: Approaching Literature

A clear introduction to the idea of the canon, exploring the process by which certain works, and not others, receive high cultural status. The work of Shakespeare and Aphra Behn is used to illustrate and challenge this process....

Published May 29th 1996 by Routledge

Literature and Gender

By Lizbeth Goodman

Series: Approaching Literature

Literature and Gender combines an introduction to and an anthology of literary texts which powerfully demonstrate the relevance of gender issues to the study of literature. The volume covers all three major literary genres - poetry, fiction and drama - and closely examines a wide range of themes,...

Published March 27th 1996 by Routledge

The Realist Novel

Edited by Dennis Walder

Series: Approaching Literature

This book guides the student through the fundamentals of this enduring literary form. By using carefully selected novels and discussing a wide range of authors including Emily Dickinson and John Kincaid, the authors provide a lively examination of the particular themes and modes of realist novels...

Published March 6th 1996 by Routledge