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American Literature and Culture

American Literature and Culture. Instructor: Dr. Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. The course aims to inculcate an appreciation of specific American authors and texts, along with the literary history of the United States. Participants will also get familiar with the relation between American literature and important related historical and socio-cultural developments. The course also aims to foster an understanding of the development of various genres, forms, and themes in select American literature. (from nptel.ac.in)

Lecture 35 - Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence

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Lecture 01 - Introduction

Lecture 02 - Henry James: Introduction

Lecture 03 - Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady

Lecture 04 - Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady (Ch. 1-20)

Lecture 05 - Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady (Ch. 1-20 cont.)

Lecture 06 - Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady (Ch. 1-20 cont.)

Lecture 07 - Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady (Ch. 21-35)

Lecture 08 - Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady (Ch. 21-34)

Lecture 09 - Theodore Dreiser: An American Tragedy - Introduction

Lecture 10 - Theodore Dreiser: An American Tragedy (cont.)

Lecture 11 - Herman Melville: Moby Dick

Lecture 12 - Herman Melville: Moby Dick

Lecture 13 - Short Story

Lecture 14 - Flannery O'connor: Good Country People

Lecture 15 - Ernest Hemingway: A Brief Overview

Lecture 16 - Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises

Lecture 17 - Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises (cont.)

Lecture 18 - Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises (cont.)

Lecture 19 - Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises (cont.)

Lecture 20 - F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Brief Overview

Lecture 21 - American Romanticism

Lecture 22 - Edgar Allen Poe: Annabel Lee

Lecture 23 - American Drama

Lecture 24 - Lillian Hellman

Lecture 25 - Lillian Hellman: The Children's Hour

Lecture 26 - Lillian Hellman: The Children's Hour (cont.)

Lecture 27 - Lillian Hellman: The Children's Hour (cont.)

Lecture 28 - Arthur Miller: The Dramatist, his Life and Works

Lecture 29 - Arthur Miller: A View from the Bridge

Lecture 30 - Arthur Miller: A View from the Bridge (cont.)

Lecture 31 - Arthur Miller: A View from the Bridge (cont.)

Lecture 32 - Eugene O'Neill: An Introduction

Lecture 33 - Eugene O'Neill: Desire under the Elms

Lecture 34 - Edith Wharton: An Introduction

Lecture 35 - Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence

Lecture 36 - Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence (cont.)

Lecture 37 - Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence (cont.)

Lecture 38 - Christopher Hitchens: Jewish Power, Jewish Peril

Lecture 39 - Hart Crane: The Bridge