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History of European Literature Introduction

History of European Literature Introduction

Paul Cantor’s History of European Literature Course Part 1. Lecture 1

Drama, History of European Lit, Great Books, Comparative LiteraturePeter HufnagelJuly 23, 2026

Greek Drama Introduction

Greek Drama Introduction

An introduction to Greek Drama. Part of Paul Cantor’s History of European Literature course. Lecture 6

Drama, Great Books, History of European Lit, Comparative LiteraturePeter HufnagelJuly 22, 2026

Sophocles' On Oedipus Tyrannos

Sophocles' On Oedipus Tyrannos

Sophocles turns the tyrant, the self-made hero who conquers the city itself, into a study of how the very qualities that let Oedipus solve the Sphinx's riddle and save Thebes are the same qualities that drive him to uncover, and be destroyed by, the truth about himself. Lecture 8

History of European Lit, Great Books, Drama, Comparative LiteraturePeter HufnagelJuly 21, 2026

Sophocles' On Oedipus Tyrannos Part 2

Sophocles' On Oedipus Tyrannos Part 2

Second lecture on Oedipus Tyrannos. Lecture 9

Comparative Literature, Great Books, History of European Lit, DramaPeter HufnagelJuly 20, 2026

Sophocles' Antigone

Sophocles' Antigone

History of European Literature lecture on Sophocles’ Antigone. Lecture 10

History of European Lit, Comparative Literature, Drama, Great BooksPeter HufnagelJuly 19, 2026

Aristophanes & Greek Comedy

Aristophanes & Greek Comedy

History of European Literature lecture on Aristophanes’ The Birds and general introduction to the birth of Greek comedy. Lecture 11

Comparative Literature, Great Books, History of European Lit, DramaPeter HufnagelJuly 18, 2026

Aristophanes' The Clouds

Aristophanes' The Clouds

History of European Literature lecture on Aristophanes’ The Clouds. The lecture examines philosopher as the last Greek hero. Lecture 12

Comparative Literature, Drama, History of European Lit, Great BooksPeter HufnagelJuly 16, 2026

Reality Czech: Tom Stoppard Discovers Shakespeare behind the Iron Curtain

Reality Czech: Tom Stoppard Discovers Shakespeare behind the Iron Curtain

Tom Stoppard's Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth offers fresh evidence of the universality of Shakespeare's genius. Essay

Drama, Shakespeare, PostmodernVirginiaNovember 29, 2025Tom Stoppard