The Resource The art of reading, Professor Timothy Spurgin
The art of reading, Professor Timothy Spurgin
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The item The art of reading, Professor Timothy Spurgin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bedford Public Library.
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- Summary
- "These lectures demonstrate how to read fiction carefully for full enjoyment. The lectures begin with basic concepts from simpler stories before progressing into books famous for their complexity. The lectures explain literary devices such as irony and foreshadowing and show how skilled authors have used such devices to great effect in classic works of literature"--Guidebook
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 12 audio discs (30 min. each)
- Note
-
- Compact discs
- In two containers (19 cm.)
- Books contains lecture transcripts and course guide, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, bibliography; credits
- Contents
-
- pt. 1. disc 1. lecture 1. Artful reading and everyday reading ; lecture 2: Authors, real and implied -- disc 2. lecture 3. Narrators -- their voices and their visions ; lecture 4. Characters -- beyond round and flat -- disc 3. lecture 5 : Descriptions -- people, places, and things ; lecture 6. Minimalists to maximalists to lyricists -- disc 4. lecture 7. Explosive devices -- irony and ambiguity ; lectures 8. Reading for the plot -- five simple words -- disc 5. lecture 9. Master plots -- the stranger and the journey ; lecture 10. The game is afoot -- Sherlock Holmes -- disc 6. lecture 11. The plot thickens -- Scott and Brönte ; lecture 12. The plot vanishes -- Faulkner and Woolf
- pt. 2. disc 7. lecture 13. Chapters, patterns, and rhythms ; lecture 14. Scene and summary, showing and telling -- disc 8. lecture 15. Subtexts, motives, and secrets ; lecture 16. Dialogue -- the good, the bad, the ugly -- disc 9. lecture 17. Metafiction -- fiction about fiction ; lecture 18. Adaptation -- from fiction to film -- disc 10. lecture 19. Realism times four ; lecture 20. Thumbs up? -- interpretation and evaluation -- disc 11, lecture 21. A long short story -- "Runaway" ; lecture 22. A classic novel -- The age of innocence -- disc 12. lecture 23. A baggy monster -- War and peace ; lecture 24. Picking up the tools
- Isbn
- 9781598035681
- Label
- The art of reading
- Title
- The art of reading
- Statement of responsibility
- Professor Timothy Spurgin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "These lectures demonstrate how to read fiction carefully for full enjoyment. The lectures begin with basic concepts from simpler stories before progressing into books famous for their complexity. The lectures explain literary devices such as irony and foreshadowing and show how skilled authors have used such devices to great effect in classic works of literature"--Guidebook
- Cataloging source
- CIB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Spurgin, Timothy
- Dewey number
- 808
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- PN45
- LC item number
- .S687 2009
- Literary text for sound recordings
- lectures speeches
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Lecturers: Timothy Spurgin, assoociate professor of English; and Bonnie Glidden Buchanan, professor of English literature at Lawrence University
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Teaching Company
- Series statement
- The great courses
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Literature
- Literature
- Books and reading
- Reading
- Audiobooks
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- The art of reading, Professor Timothy Spurgin
- Note
-
- Compact discs
- In two containers (19 cm.)
- Books contains lecture transcripts and course guide, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, bibliography; credits
- Accompanying material
- 1 book (iv, 109 pages ; 19 cm).
- Bibliography note
- Course guidebook Includes bibliographical references
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- pt. 1. disc 1. lecture 1. Artful reading and everyday reading ; lecture 2: Authors, real and implied -- disc 2. lecture 3. Narrators -- their voices and their visions ; lecture 4. Characters -- beyond round and flat -- disc 3. lecture 5 : Descriptions -- people, places, and things ; lecture 6. Minimalists to maximalists to lyricists -- disc 4. lecture 7. Explosive devices -- irony and ambiguity ; lectures 8. Reading for the plot -- five simple words -- disc 5. lecture 9. Master plots -- the stranger and the journey ; lecture 10. The game is afoot -- Sherlock Holmes -- disc 6. lecture 11. The plot thickens -- Scott and Brönte ; lecture 12. The plot vanishes -- Faulkner and Woolf
- pt. 2. disc 7. lecture 13. Chapters, patterns, and rhythms ; lecture 14. Scene and summary, showing and telling -- disc 8. lecture 15. Subtexts, motives, and secrets ; lecture 16. Dialogue -- the good, the bad, the ugly -- disc 9. lecture 17. Metafiction -- fiction about fiction ; lecture 18. Adaptation -- from fiction to film -- disc 10. lecture 19. Realism times four ; lecture 20. Thumbs up? -- interpretation and evaluation -- disc 11, lecture 21. A long short story -- "Runaway" ; lecture 22. A classic novel -- The age of innocence -- disc 12. lecture 23. A baggy monster -- War and peace ; lecture 24. Picking up the tools
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. +
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 12 audio discs (30 min. each)
- Form of item
- microfiche
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781598035681
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Lccn
- 2013626984
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
- 2198
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn434438958
- (OCoLC)ocn434438958
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- The art of reading, Professor Timothy Spurgin
- Note
-
- Compact discs
- In two containers (19 cm.)
- Books contains lecture transcripts and course guide, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, bibliography; credits
- Accompanying material
- 1 book (iv, 109 pages ; 19 cm).
- Bibliography note
- Course guidebook Includes bibliographical references
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- pt. 1. disc 1. lecture 1. Artful reading and everyday reading ; lecture 2: Authors, real and implied -- disc 2. lecture 3. Narrators -- their voices and their visions ; lecture 4. Characters -- beyond round and flat -- disc 3. lecture 5 : Descriptions -- people, places, and things ; lecture 6. Minimalists to maximalists to lyricists -- disc 4. lecture 7. Explosive devices -- irony and ambiguity ; lectures 8. Reading for the plot -- five simple words -- disc 5. lecture 9. Master plots -- the stranger and the journey ; lecture 10. The game is afoot -- Sherlock Holmes -- disc 6. lecture 11. The plot thickens -- Scott and Brönte ; lecture 12. The plot vanishes -- Faulkner and Woolf
- pt. 2. disc 7. lecture 13. Chapters, patterns, and rhythms ; lecture 14. Scene and summary, showing and telling -- disc 8. lecture 15. Subtexts, motives, and secrets ; lecture 16. Dialogue -- the good, the bad, the ugly -- disc 9. lecture 17. Metafiction -- fiction about fiction ; lecture 18. Adaptation -- from fiction to film -- disc 10. lecture 19. Realism times four ; lecture 20. Thumbs up? -- interpretation and evaluation -- disc 11, lecture 21. A long short story -- "Runaway" ; lecture 22. A classic novel -- The age of innocence -- disc 12. lecture 23. A baggy monster -- War and peace ; lecture 24. Picking up the tools
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. +
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 12 audio discs (30 min. each)
- Form of item
- microfiche
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781598035681
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Lccn
- 2013626984
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
- 2198
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn434438958
- (OCoLC)ocn434438958
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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