Keyword: literature history
Stephen King: A Necessary Evil
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2020
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Stephen King has been one of the worlds most successful bestselling authors for decades. How can the success of his horror novels be explained? Undoubtedly with the inventiveness and effectiveness of his literature. But what else is behind the longevity of its success? On the basis of rarely shown interviews with the author, the documentary explores why his horror stories touch the reader so deeply and how the author succeeded in creating such a gigantic work over the years, the intensity and sensitivity of which makes it part of world literature.
Stephen King: A Necessary Evil
100 Years of Ulysses
7.5
2022
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Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is published by US poet Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), owner of the small bookstore Shakespeare and Co. The book, whose writing consumed seven years of Joyces life, years in which his family was in financial need, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on 20th century literature and culture.
100 Years of Ulysses
Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy
7.3
2021
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Hardy is not the man he appears to be. Combining radical instincts, a hatred of hypocrisy, poetic brilliance and a deep sense of the tragic basis of life, Hardy had a quiet external appearance but internally was a man of seething, gloomy darkness. The author of a series of a brilliant novels, many of which have been made into successful feature films -Tess of the DUrbevilles, Far from the Madding Crowd and Jude the Obscure -Hardy late in life became a great poet. Despite his respectable outward appearance, Hardys life was more complex than it seemed. He married his first wife Emma Gifford in 1874 and became estranged from her for the last 20 years of their life together. They hardly spoke. Hardy was overcome with grief and sadness following the death of Emma.He had ignored her for half their married life. Hardys uncomfortable secret was that for the last years of his wifes life he had been deeply in love with a young woman -his secretary. Quite simply and rather suddenly, Hardys acts of mourning and regret released a greater poet within himself. The work he created made Hardy one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. At the heart of Hardys writing is the intersection of fate and chance with human tragedy, set in a landscape that Hardy called Wessex -one that has haunted his readers ever since.
Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance
7.1
2022
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A documentary that accurately explores the little-known and disturbing aspects of Emily Brontës cult book.
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance
James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
8.1
2017
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An account of the adventurous and bohemian life of one of the worlds greatest writers - James Joyce.
James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
7.6
2019
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Canadian author and poet Margaret Atwood discusses her life and work.
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein
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2018
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In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote her masterpiece. Ever since, the Creature has become a cultural icon. Delve into Shelleys novel and experience its raw, extraordinary energy spun around the central theme of mans quest for the secret of Life.
The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein