Famous People In Literature
F. Scott Fitzgerald (#102)
No other American writer managed to dig into the deep psychology of their compatriots or analyze them so completely, as did Francis Scott Fitzgerald. His life could be compared with a three-act play: the first act started with amazing recognition, followed by long disappointment in the second act, and complete mental and physical exhaustion in the third. [6 minutes]
Information For Teachers
- Grade Levels
- 9-12
- Curricular Areas
- Literacy & Languages
- Series Length
- 12 episodes
- Average Episode Length
- 7 minutes
- Record Rights
- Recording/duplication allowed as long as IPTV broadcasts the series. If you miss the broadcast, contact your AEA for copies.
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Series Description: Their titles include novelist, playwright, poet and essayist. But they are also known as social activist, pacifist, reformer, human rights activist and humorist. Famous People in Literature examines literary giants who left a legacy of works that remain required reading in the classroom. Their writings were often a vivid depiction of everyday life and attitudes of the era. Each program in the series explores the most historic developments, significant contributions, important benchmarks and major turning points during these incredible lives.
All Upcoming Episodes
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Omar Khayyam (#106)
Omar Khayyam was originally most was widely known as an outstanding mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. But he was also an accomplished poet and philosopher. [7 minutes]
- Thu, May 23, 10:23 PM on IPTV Learns
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Jonathan Swift (#109)
Government leaders paid attention to his political views and private life. He published almost all his works under fake names. Nevertheless, his style was always recognizable and his reputation as a... [7 minutes]
- Fri, May 24, 4:29 AM on IPTV
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Leo Tolstoy (#110)
Tolstoy was a complicated man. He will always be remembered as one of the greatest Russian writers for his most celebrated novels—War and Peace and Anna Karenina. But he was also a leading religious... [7 minutes]
- Fri, May 24, 4:37 AM on IPTV
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John Milton (#107)
His contemporaries gave a cold shoulder to his works. Even Voltaire, the first translator of Paradise Lost, gave it a negative review. However, John Milton himself, the greatest of the seventeenth... [7 minutes]
- Fri, May 24, 10:21 PM on IPTV Learns
Past Episodes
These episodes of Famous People In Literature aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.