MEANT FOR READING (continued)

Description: 6. STORIES IN VERSE. Reading of selections which illustrate the use of poetic form to tell stories. Includes Lewis Carroll's "The merman" by Matthew Arnold; Browning's "My last duchess" and John Keats' poem "The eve of St Agnes". 7. SATIRE—I. Reading of excerpts from literature that illustrate forms of satire. Includes Jonathan Swift's "A modest proposal" and Samuel Butler's "Hudibras". Draws upon the works of Shaw, Nash, and Perelman for examples of satire on people. 8. SATIRE—II. Continues the exploration of the various forms of satire with excerpts from the works of Byron, Morris Bishop, Sam Walter Ross, and Phyllis McGinley; "Brothers in N.G.S." by Frank Sullivan is read in its entirety. 9. LOVE—I. Explores the various approaches writers have taken toward the theme of love. Includes readings from the love poetry of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Raleigh, Donne, Suckling, Burns, Browning, and others. 10. LOVE—II. Continues the exploration of the theme of love as treated in literature. Includes readings from Shakespeare's plays and the dramatic verse of Arnold, Tennyson, and Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)