Crash Course
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Part 1: Crash Course Literature
In which John Green teaches you about Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This week, we'll talk a little bit about Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote under the name Mark Twain, and how he mined his early life for decades to...
Curated Video
The Lost Generation
A video entitled "The Lost Generation" which explores writers of the Lost Generation and the works they produced during the 1920s.
Wonderscape
Understanding Second Person Point of View in Literature
Explore the unique and uncommonly used second person point of view in literature. Learn when and why this perspective is employed, despite its infrequent occurrence in academic essays. Discover examples of second person writing from...
Curated Video
Gary Soto
Gary Soto, a Mexican-American author and poet, captures the essence of youth and Chicano experiences in his stories, blending humor and the magic of everyday life.
Curated Video
Mark Twain
Known as the Father of American Literature, Mark Twain used satire and a sharp wit to explore and reveal the realities of US society in the 19th century. In doing so he developed an all-new “American style” of writing.
Curated Video
A2 English Listening Practice - Reading and Books
This video serves as English listening comprehension practice for lower-level students. In this video, a native English speaker talks slowly and clearly about the topic of reading and books. The subtitles are included at the bottom of...
Weird History
Ernest Hemingway Was The Worst KGB Spy Ever
There are countless debates out there surrounding Ernest Hemingway, including whether or not he’s the greatest American novelist of all-time, as well as about the themes of misogyny in his writing (and his life). But, there’s another,...
PBS
Unraveling the Myth of Ernest Hemingway (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)
Here’s the problem with tackling Ernest Hemingway—Ernest Hemingway himself. While the iconic author is mostly known for his feats of literary prowess, from The Sun Also Rises to For Whom the Bell Tolls, to countless short stories—perhaps...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Five Americans win Nobel Prizes in chemistry, medicine, physiology, and literature
Title: "Nobel Prizes Presented in Sweden -- Five Americans Honored" superimposed over Nobel prize ceremony / high angle Nobel Prize winners in tuxedos walk two by two down aisle at ceremony / low angle German Max Born, Nobel Prize winner...
Curated Video
Coolidge, Hemingway, Shaw, Lewis, Dreiser, O'Neil, Fitzgerald, Edward
President Calvin Coolidge
President Calvin Coolidge
Sinclair Lewis
Theodore Dreiser
Eugene O'Neil
Zelda & Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Edward, Prince Of Wales
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Curated Video
SPAIN: PAMPLONA: SCUFFLES BREAK OUT AT FIESTA OF SAN FERMIN
Natural Sound
Scuffles have broken out during the opening of the fiesta of San Fermin in Spain after Basque militants unfurled a huge banner from the armed Basque separatist group ETA.
Thousands of bullfighting fans and tourists had...
Getty Images
MS Shot of Floridita exterior with Bustling crowded sidewalks / Havana, Cuba
MS Shot of Floridita exterior with Bustling crowded sidewalks / Havana, Cuba
Getty Images
MS Shot of Floridita exterior and Hemingway bar with Pedestrians / Havana, Cuba
MS Shot of Floridita exterior and Hemingway bar with Pedestrians / Havana, Cuba
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : La casa de Hemingway sobrevive a la pandemia gracias a sus gatos mutantes
Sin turistas internacionales por la pandemia, la casa del escritor estadounidense Ernest Hemingway en los cayos de Florida apenas consigue sobrevivir. Casi todo su personal fue despedido, pero los gatos de seis dedos que la habitan aún...
Curated Video
Ceremony marks 60th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway's 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature
60 years after famed American writer Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature, his grandsons travelled to Cuba to take a look at the medal for the first time.
The medal is on display at Hemingway's former house in the small...
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Some 200 paintings acquired by the Steins go on display
October 5, 2011
1. Wide exterior of the Grand Palais with advert for exhibition entitled: "Matisse, Cezanne, Picasso... The Stein Family"
2. Close-up of poster
3. Wide of queue of visitors outside of the Grand Palais
4. Mid of people...
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Ceremony marks 60th anniversary of Hemingway's 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature
60 years after famed American writer Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature, his grandsons travelled to Cuba to take a look at the medal for the first time.
The medal is on display at Hemingway's former house in the small...
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US restorers work on the writer Ernest Hemingway's former home.
HEADLINE: Ernest Hemingway's former home open to the public
CAPTION: A former home of US author Ernest Hemingway, located on the island of Cuba, was opened to the public on Saturday after three years of intense restoration work. (Jan....
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Loyal readers of Ernest Hemingway gather to honour the legend
30 May
1. Tilt up from Hunting with Hemingway book to co-author and husband of Hillary Hemingway, Jeffrey Lindsay
2. The couple at the book press conference
3. Cut away of audience attending the Hemingway seminar
4. Various of listeners,...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ENT1-ARTHUR MILLER IN CUBA
Span/Eng/Nat
American writers ARTHUR MILLER, WILLIAM STYRON, and Colombian literary great GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ found Cuban President Fidel Castro likes his dinner engagements to last as long as his legendary speeches when their supper...
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Recently discovered story to go under hammer
New York. 28 September, 2004
1. Exterior of Christie's with taxis passing by
2. Christie's sign
3. Wide of Ernest Hemingway's manuscript
4. Close up of manuscript, titled "My life in the Bull Ring with Donald Ogden Stewart"
5. Close up...
Bloomberg
Taste-Testing Hennessy's New Bourbon-Like Cognac
Oct. 31 -- Bloomberg Pursuits' Kate Krader hosts Hennessy's Jordan Bushell and The Liquor Cabinet's Maxwell Britten for a live tasting and cocktail session with Hennessy Master Blender's Selection No.1. The limited edition spirit, "an...
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USA: NEW YORK: HEMINGWAY MANUSCRIPTS AUCTIONED
Natural Sound
Previously unheard of manuscripts and letters belonging to American novelist Ernest Hemingway have been auctioned in New York.
"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" sold for nearly 220-thousand U-S dollars - a record...