LibGuides: American Literature Late 19th Century: Media

Authors & Their Works

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Bret Harte: Chronicler of the Golden West (18:00) "The Luck of Roaring Camp," "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," and "Tennessee’s Partner" are cornerstones of American literature, of the very chronicle of America and its self-created myth.
My Jack London: A Daughter Remembers (25:00) This program helps us to understand the author of those well-loved action stories whose rugged example and realist style influenced writers from Hemingway to Orwell. His daughter traces her father's life through personal reminiscence, archival family photos, and rare film footage
Series: Mark Twain: A Film Directed by Ken Burns Considered by many the funniest man of his time, Mark Twain was a critic of human nature who used humor to attack hypocrisy, greed, and racism. As one of America's most beloved authors, he created some of our most memorable characters, stories, and quotable sayings. In this two-part documentary series, director Ken Burns digs beneath the legend to discover the true Samuel Clemens-revealing an extraordinary life filled with adventure, comedy, literary success and failure, and more than its share of tragedy. A wealth of archival photos and material enriches both programs. Distributed by PBS Distribution. 2-part series, 112 minutes each.

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BBC Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Yellow Wallpaper (76:00) Touted as one of the first major feminist writers, Charlotte Perkins Gilman spent her life fighting to liberate women from the yoke of domesticity. This is a stunning BBC dramatization of Gilman’s autobiographical account of a woman driven to madness by the repressive mores of Victorian culture.
Kate Chopin: Five Stories of an Hour (26:00) This program consists of five versions of the same short story, "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, who scandalized American readers in the late 19th century by questioning the social and marital mores of her time.
Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (3:32:35) This classic motion picture is the definitive adaptation of Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—splendidly filmed, lovingly produced for PBS’s American Playhouse, with an acclaimed all-star cast, and presented in an unedited, full-length version.