The Western Literary Canon in Context. Part 2

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"12 lectures"--Container.
At head of container title: The Great Courses Literature & English Language.
Course no. 2120.
Compact discs.
Part 2 of 3 parts. Contains lectures 13-24 of 36 describing the western literary canon.
Lecture 13. Beowulf: the fortunate survivor -- Lecture 14. King Arthur, politics, and Sir Gawain -- Lecture 15. Dante and the canon of Christian literature -- Lecture 16. Boccaccio: ancient masters, modern rivals -- Lecture 17. Chaucer: the father of English literature -- Lecture 18. "Man for all seasons": More and his Utopia -- Lecture 19. Hamlet: English literature goes global -- Lecture 20. Brave new worlds: Shakespeare's The tempest -- Lecture 21. Cervantes's Don Quixote and the novel -- Lecture 22. The rebel as hero: Milton's paradise lost -- Lecture 23. Voice of an age: Voltaire's Candide -- Lecture 24. Pride and prejudice: women in the canon.
Lectures delivered by John M. Bowers, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Discussion of why some works and not others become part of the literary canon. Examines the context of the works, and how academic curriculum perpetuates and changes the development of the canon.

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