London Moral Corrosion (1:54)
Introduction to the Verlocs (2:04)
Anarchist and Agent Provocateur (4:15)
Conrad's Life Influences (2:56)
Verloc's Moral Reflection (4:02)
Anticipating 20th Century Moral Corruption (1:34)
Investigating the Greenwich Bomb (1:36)
Anarchism as a Metaphor (2:04)
Investigating a Secret Agent (2:44)
News of Stevie's Death (5:28)
"Secret Agent" Literary Devices (1:09)
Dysfunctional Relationships (2:47)
Unmasking a Russian Anarchist (2:10)
Conrad's Tragicomedy (0:55)
Verloc's Domestic Drama (8:21)
Modern Human Dilemma (1:52)
"The Secret Agent" Legacy (3:48)
Credits: Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent (1:02)
Notes from the Underground (0:55)
Base of "Crime and Punishment" (3:10)
Dostoevsky's Characters (0:45)
Influences on Dostoevsky (1:56)
Prison World of Dostoevsky's Novels (4:11)
"Notes from the Underground" (3:09)
Dostoevsky's View of Violent Men (1:51)
Individuality of Man (5:38)
Murder in Dostoevsky's Novels (3:57)
Raskolnikov and Macbeth (1:57)
Becoming a Napoleon (4:11)
Raskolnikov's Confession to Sonya (6:23)
Theme of Redemption (2:40)
Raskolnikov's Confession (3:44)
T.S. Eliot and Beethoven's Music (2:25)
Eliot's Family and Early Poetry (2:56)
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (2:10)
Dramatic Monologues in Eliot's Poetry (3:17)
Eliot's Thematic Style and Technique (2:40)
The Vorticism Movement (3:43)
Vorticism and "The Waste Land" (2:42)
Vernacular Language and Voice (3:11)
Eliot's Personal Tribulations (4:22)
Decadence in "The Waste Land" (4:39)
Editing of "The Waste Land" (5:21)
Scholarly Notes in "The Waste Land" (3:54)
Eliot's Drama and Later Achievements (4:24)
Eliot's Character and Literary Culture (0:55)
Central Despair in "The Waste Land" (4:07)
Henrik Ibsen's Revolution of Spirit (5:58)
Ibsen Inspires Other Writers (3:19)
Ibsen's First 36 Years (4:00)
Ibsen's "A Doll's House" (5:25)
Ibsen Changes Drama (2:13)
Ibsen Influenced by Freud (2:12)
Ibsen's Life Contrasts his Plays (2:15)
"Rosmersholm" Reflects Darkness (3:14)
Characters and Fate in "Rosmersholm" (4:34)
Freudian Ideas in "Rosmersholm" (2:52)
Self-realization in "Rosmersholm" (5:57)
"Hedda Gabler" Reflects Ibsen's Life (3:50)
"Repression" in "The Master Builder" (3:21)
Ibsen's Last Four Plays (4:52)
Ibsen is the First Modern Playwright (1:58)
Modern Man in Epic Terms (2:33)
Inner and Outer Lives (2:44)
Interior Monologue (5:52)
The Language of "Ulysses" (2:41)
Joyce's Background (4:02)
Betrayal and Alienation (4:46)
Epiphanies of Truth (5:30)
The End of "Ulysses" (6:56)
Franz Kafka's Diaries, 1913 (1:22)
Franz Kafka's "The Trial" (3:19)
Joseph K.'s Arrest (2:43)
The Morning Knock at the Door (2:16)
Prague's Influences on Kafka (4:46)
Joseph K.'s Speech (5:04)
Franz Kafka's Universal Battle (3:50)
Kafka's Letter to Father, 1918 (3:49)
Joseph K. Consults an Advocate (3:25)
"The Trial": Attraction of the Accused (4:50)
Kafka's Life as a Bachelor (3:13)
Joseph K.'s Inescapable Guilt (5:09)
Kafka's Parable of the Law (5:28)
Joseph K.'s Execution (3:27)
Kafka's Final Vision (2:08)
Dramatization of "The Magic Mountain" (2:38)
Themes in "The Magic Mountain" (1:41)
Influences on Mann (1:20)
Realization of Mortality (3:10)
Theme of Enhancement (1:28)
Novel of Initiation (2:48)
Hans and Madame Chauchat (5:22)
Serious Tone of "The Magic Mountain" (2:51)
Mann's Brother Heinrich (2:14)
Wagner and Nietzsche's Influences (2:05)
Hans' Dream in "Snow" (3:33)
Peeperkorn in "The Magic Mountain" (5:04)
Cultural and Historical Crisis (2:38)
Schubert's "The Linden Tree" (2:25)
Luigi Pirandello: 20th-Century Writer (3:48)
Pirandello's "The Rules of the Game" (4:25)
Philosophy of Pirandello (2:53)
Pirandello: Realist and Philosopher (4:19)
Spiritualism in Pirandello (3:54)
"Six Characters in Search of an Author" (2:51)
In Search of an Author (3:54)
Pirandello: Appearance and Reality (4:13)
Personalities and Confusion (3:30)
Wealth of Pirandello's Family (2:43)
Emotional Turmoil and Creative Energy (4:14)
Contradictions Within Pirandello (2:01)
Theme of Madness: Pirandello's "Henry IV" (5:57)
Beginnings of 20th-Century Tragedy (4:12)
Pirandello: Fictitious Darkness (4:38)
Stumbling Upon Memory (3:00)
Memory and the Being Within (3:31)
Goal of "A La Recherché" (0:59)
Mother's Kiss Goodnight (3:35)
Nature of "A La Recherché" (2:57)
Appreciation of Nature (3:32)
Misunderstanding Signals (2:11)
Art, Fragments and Eternity (3:07)
Unconscious Memory (2:03)
Decadent Aristocracy (2:27)
Studying Character (1:41)
Impressions and Truth (1:43)
Gilberte's Daughter (3:42)
Purpose of Literature (1:37)
Experts on "A la recherché" (2:25)
Intense Devotion to Task (1:41)
Idea of Perfection (0:42)
Credits: Marcel Proust: Remembrance of Things Past (1:02)
Working on "Mrs. Dalloway" (3:40)
Virginia Woolf's New Writing Style (3:59)
Virginia Woolf's Writing Influences (4:07)
"Mrs. Dalloway": Lesbian Love (4:37)
Virginia Woolf: A Great Modernist (5:33)
Levels of Being in "Mrs. Dalloway" (7:09)
Mrs. Dalloway's Connection to Septimus (2:08)
Duality of Virginia Woolf (3:16)
Mrs. Dalloway Contemplates Death (5:51)
Social Issues in "Mrs. Dalloway" (3:05)
"Mrs. Dalloway": Reality Behind Appearances (2:55)
Modern Movement (1:36) --
Nature of Upheaval (2:55) --
Blindness of Vision (1:59) --
Influence of Innocence (2:09) --
Social Reactions (1:45) --
Informing Contemporary Sensibility (2:05) --
Humanity vs Modernism (2:52) --
Onset of Modernity? (3:51) --
Influences and Exhibitions (2:57) --
Fragmentary Sense (3:57) --
Societal Shifts (2:13) --
Exclusion of Women (3:00) --
The Novel Itself (3:53) --
Marginalization to Monumentalism (3:52) --
Antennae of the Race (2:44) --
European Phenomenon? (3:35) --
Credits: Ten Great Writers: The Seminar (0:48)