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Great writers : their lives & works
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Presents an analysis of the lives and literary works of various authors from ancient times to the twentieth century.
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- Creator
- [John B. Fisher]
- Other Title
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- Great writers, their lives and works
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Springfield, VA : Teaching Co., [1997]
- ©1997
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- Physical Details
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- 6 audiocassettes : analog, Dolby processed + 1 booklet (52 pages ; 22 cm.)
- OCLC
- ocm50797022
- In container (26 cm.).
- Booklet includes outlines and bibliographies.
- lecture 1. Oscar Wilde : the tragic genius -- lecture 2. Beatrix Potter : nonpareil -- lecture 3. H.L. Mencken : occasional curmudgeon -- lecture 4. Robert Burns : our Rabbie -- lecture 5. Maurice Maeterlinck : the multi-talented -- lecture 6. Victor Hugo : the Gallic giant -- lecture 7. St. Augustine : a Saint for all centuries -- lecture 8. Emily Dickinson : the belle of Amherst -- lecture 9. Ulysses S. Grant : those memorable memoirs -- lecture 10. Dr. Samuel Johnson : words, words, words -- lecture 11. Plutarch : that dramatic philosopher -- lecture 12. Alfred, Lord Tennyson : England's national treasure
Subjects
- Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Plutarch -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Literature -- History and criticism.