Literature and Arts - iPhone/iTouch/iPod (Mobile)
by Villanova University
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Description
This section holds lectures that involve literature.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoLiterary Festival: Poetry Reading | -- | 8/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoWhen Music was First Written Down: On the Origins of Gregorian Chant in the Early Middle Ages | -- | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoSurviving the Dragon | -- | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoJarhead: Reading, Reception and Book Signing | -- | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoDante and Zombies: A Horror Novelist's Apprioach to 'The Divine Comedy' | -- | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoIcon Painting | -- | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoVampires in Caribbean Literature | -- | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoAlice in Wonderland | An imaginative color stylist and designer, Mary Blair helped introduce modern art to the Walt Disney Studios, and for nearly 30 years, her inspirational work showed up in Disney's animated films, including this version of the Lewis Carroll classic. | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoMural Arts Program | -- | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoElizabeth Strout: 12th Annual Villanova Literary Festival | -- | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoPhiladelphia Execution | My experience as a jury foreman on a first degree murder trial here in the Delaware Valley. I discuss the origins of the system of American justice. I contrast the original tenets of the system, and how it is operating today. | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoWhat Can Homer Teach us About War, Peace, and Forgiveness? | The Iliad Alive What Can Homer Teach us About War, Peace, and Forgiveness? Open Discussion Thursday, October 1st 2009 Villanova University | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoThe Odyssey Alive A Community Reading of Homer's Epic Poem | -- | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoReading of "The Song Is You" | -- | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoElizabeth Strout: 12th Annual Villanova Literary Festival | -- | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoThe Iliad Alive | A community reading of Homer's Epic Poem | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoLecture on Writing and Publishing | -- | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoThomas Carlyle Rediscovered | Dr. Hill and Dr. Kerry will discuss how important Thomas Carlyle was to his Victorian contemporaries, survey briefly his oeuvre, moot why he has fallen out of favor, and explain how their book contributes to the new interest in Carlyle’s writing. | 11/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoThe Stage Door | -- | 11/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoBuilding The Landscape: Literary Themes in Italian-American Narrative | -- | 11/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoScholarships at Villanova: Alan Drew | a reading by Alan Drew, M.F.A., novelist and Villanova University faculty member. Professor Drew will read excerpts from his first novel, Gardens of Water, and from The Hidden Life, his in-progress second novel. | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoSuperheroes and Scholars | -- | 1/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoTheater as a Mirror of Contemporary Russia | -- | 1/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoVillanova Literary Festival: A Reading by John Haskell | -- | 5/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoLiterature and the Nation: Representation and Identity | -- | 5/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoPoetry Reading | -- | 5/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoMornings in Jenin | -- | 5/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoSalomé!! Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, and the Drama of Celebrity | Sharon Marcus, Orlando Harriman Professor of English at Columbia University, will present a talk titled "Salomé!! Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, and the Drama of Celebrity" on Monday, Feb. 7, at 4:30 pm in the President's Lounge of the Connelly Center. | 5/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoOur Bodies, Ourselves and the Work of Writing | -- | 5/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoMedallic History of Religious and Racial Intolerance: Medals as Instruments for Promoting Bigotry | -- | 5/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoThe Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education | Celebrate the campus visit of Onebook author Craig M. Mullaney with a special dinner featuring foods from his book, "The Unforgiving Minute". | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoVillanova Literary Festival | -- | 6/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoThree Poets on Ireland | -- | 6/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoVillanova Literary Festival - Colum McCann | -- | 6/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoVillanova Literary Festival - Terrance Hayes | -- | 6/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoCuzco School Of Painting | In celebration of Hispanic Cultural Heritage Month, please join Jose-Luis Gastanaga Ponce de Leon, PhD, in Falvey Memorial Library’s first floor lounge as he presents a discussion, titled “Cuzco School of Painting: The Basics.” | 11/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoPatrick McGuinness reading from The Last Hundred Days and His Collections of Poetry | Patrick McGuinness reading from The Last Hundred Days and His Collections of Poetry | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoChanging Bodies: Rethinking a Genre | Dr. Gregory Hampton will present “Changing Bodies: Rethinking a genre" on Monday, April 16th, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. in the Falvey Library. Dr. Gregory Jerome Hampton is Associate Professor of African-American Literature Howard University,Washington, DC. | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoThe Tiger's Wife | The Tiger's Wife | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoLiterary Festival Event | Literary Festival Event | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoBritish Romanticism and the Catholic Question: Religion, History, and National Identity 1778-1829 | British Romanticism and the Catholic Question: Religion, History, and National Identity 1778-1829 Dr. Michael Tomko, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Literature in the department of Humanities Villanova University | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoThe Speckled People | Hugo Hamilton Reading | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoGraphic Novels in the Digital Age | Falvey Memorial Library, in partnership with the Villanova University Writing Center, presents the third annual celebration of graphic novels and visual storytelling. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | VideoPoetic Faith from Coleridge to Tolkien | Dr. Michael Tomko, an Associate Professor in the Humanities Department will speak on "Poetic Faith from Coleridge to Tolkien." | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | VideoOne Book Villanova Lecture | Jamie Ford, author of this year's Villanova University One Book selection, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, will visit campus. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 45 Episodes |
