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The Generation of '27 Anthology-in Spanish with Optional English Subtitles
Item# 39652
© 2009
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-069-1
Following World War I, Spain underwent an intense flowering of art, literature, and culture-personified by a group of avant-garde poets known as the Generation of '27. This program profiles key member...
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Harold Bloom: Critic in the Active Voice
Item# 39542
© 2009
60 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-066-0
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-067-7
From his assault on New Criticism to his salvos against the "school of resentment," literary scholar Harold Bloom has fused an eloquent defense of the western canon with insightful analysis and a rebe...
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Alaa Al Aswany
Item# 40649
© 2008
29 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-189-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-188-0
In the early years of his dental practice, Alaa Al Aswany had an office in Cairo's deteriorating Yacoubian Building-eventually turning his experiences there into a successful novel by the same title....
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Daniel Kehlmann
Item# 40647
© 2008
29 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-185-9
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-184-2
A novel is a "map of contradictions," says German-Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann-an arena of clashing viewpoints, each with its own persuasive logic. This program presents an interview with Kehlmann...
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Orhan Pamuk
Item# 40648
© 2008
29 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-187-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-186-6
Refuting any connection with overt political goals, Turkish novelist and Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk aims to create stories "as a child, not knowing where I am going next." Yet few writers in the Islam...
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The Word and the Bomb: Writing in the Age of Terror
Item# 40646
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-183-5
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-182-8
How have the spread and visibility of terrorism shaped literature and the act of storytelling? Is the novel still relevant in today's violent world? Can it address or possibly help heal the rifts betw...
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The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu
Item# 40567
© 2008
52 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-991-5
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-992-2
In the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, thousands of scientific and religious texts-among Africa's oldest literature-have been hidden for centuries. This program examines the rich history and variety...
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21st-Century Trends in Latin American Literature
Item# 35425
© 2008
49 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-7787-2
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-7788-9
Complacency has never been a hallmark of Latin American literature. As the 21st century dawned, many young writers-and even some who had fueled the Latin American Boom-grew disenchanted with the statu...
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After the Boom
Item# 35422
© 2008
50 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-7781-0
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-7782-7
As the 1970s progressed, the political climate in Latin America became increasingly dark, with no end in sight to the proliferation of brutal dictatorships. This program analyzes the cultural impact o...
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The Avant-Garde of the 1920s
Item# 35419
© 2008
50 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-7775-9
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-7776-6
After the horrors of World War I, Latin American writing turned away from what many saw as ornamental and frivolous experimentation. This program studies the so-called "criticism of Modernismo within...
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