Literature
314 title(s) found.
A Christmas Fantasy - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB527551Impressions of the lights of Christmas as they transform a winter's night. The myriad lights of a...
A Good Tree - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB526862During the Christmas holiday season, three young children discover that their eccentric old...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Passion River Films PR4178A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved creations. The frolicking tale...
A Sick Call - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520178A priest confronts self-doubt and guilt over an incident wherein he violates his own moral...
A Tall Man Executes a Jig by Irving Layton - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523829A fascinating "conversation" with Canadian poet Irving Layton, who shares how the poem by which he...
A Wake for Milton - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB525704Canadian poet, Milton Acorn, is remembered with feeling and eloquence in this tribute that takes...
A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret...
National Film Board Of Canada NFB528654In this short film, internationally acclaimed author Margaret Laurence passionately addresses...
Acid Rain - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523697Based on Sean O'Huigan's poem Acid Rain, this animated film painted in soft pastels unveils the...
Adeena Karasick: Heart of a Poet, Season 2
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM46Performance artist, professor and Jewish cultural theorist, Adeena Karasick explores the ephemeral...
Aesop's Fables Series
Educational Voice 992000Aesop's Fables is a collection of tales by the Greek storyteller Aesop. Fables are a beautiful way...
Al Purdy: "A Sensitive Man" - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB526783This film profiling Canadian poet Al Purdy illuminates an artist who is seemingly artless. An...
Alden Nowlan: An Introduction - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB527147Alden Nowlan survived rural poverty to become the winner of Canada's 1967 Governor General's Award...
Alexandre Dumas, le flamboyant (52 Minutes)
Illégitime Défense F269-011AAlexandre Dumas est l’un des écrivains les plus prolifiques de son temps, au sens romanesque...
Alexandre Dumas, le flamboyant (90 Minutes)
Illégitime Défense F269-011BAlexandre Dumas est l’un des écrivains les plus prolifiques de son temps, au sens romanesque...
Alexandre Dumas, The Flamboyant (52 Minute Version)
Illégitime Défense A269-011AAlexandre Dumas is one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century. With a great sense of...
Alexandre Dumas, The Flamboyant (90 Minute Version)
Illégitime Défense A269-011BAlexandre Dumas is one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century. With a great sense of...
Alias Will James - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB521700From cattle rustler to ex-convict, and from novice writer to the toast of Hollywood, Will James...
All the Years of Her Life - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB527525A teenaged boy is caught pilfering from the store where he works, and his mother is put in the...
Aloud - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520653Canadian poet Earle Birney indulges his love of trains in this performance of his sound poem To...
Alphabet - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB528663An amusing and energetic romp through the letters of the alphabet, each letter with its own...
Amaqqut Nunaat: The Country of Wolves
Taqqut Productions TPI000In this traditional Inuit story, two young brothers on a hunting trip for seal find themselves...
American Masters: Flannery
PBS Video 041966Explore the life and work of author Flannery O’Connor, whose distinctive Southern Gothic style...
American Masters: Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
PBS Video 041860Distinctly referred to as "a redwood tree, with deep roots in American culture," icon Maya Angelou...
Ananse's Farm - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520096Ananse is a spider with a heart full of concern over the enmity existing between his friends...
Andrea Thompson: Heart of a Poet, Season 1
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM23After finding her writer’s voice in Vancouver, Andrea Thompson takes her poetry to the streets of...
Anne Morrow Lindbergh: You'll Have the Sky
PBS Video 041883Anne Morrow Lindbergh: You'll Have The Sky brings one of the 20th century's best-loved writers out...
Anne Simpson: Heart of a Poet, Season 2
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM42Griffin Poetry Prize winner Anne Simpson shares her lyrical vision of the world as she delves into...
Aucassin and Nicolette - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB522651The medieval story of Aucassin and Nicolette comes alive with fairy-tale enchantment at the hands...
Autobiographical by A.M. Klein - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520516A poet's view of Montréal, as revealed in the rich imagery of his verse. From Klein's poetry this...
Badge of Courage: Tales from the Neverending Story Series, Ep. 9
MUSE Entertainment MUSE59Connor, a bully in Bastian's class challenges Bastian to a fight and bastian decides to accept the...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 1): Narrative, Plot, Tone, Mood...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0067Explore essential literary terms while analyzing classic works of literature. What is a...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 2): Point of View: Literature Kids...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0068Explore essential literary terms while analyzing classic works of literature. What is 1st, 2nd...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 3): Metaphor, Simile, Allusion...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0132Explore essential literary terms, such as metaphor, simile, allusion, personification and...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 4): Symbolism, Allegory...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0066Explore essential literary terms, such as symbolism, allegory, onomatopoeia, paradox and pun, while...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 5): Theme, Atmosphere, Foreshadowing...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0131Explore essential literary terms, such as theme, atmosphere, foreshadowing, diction and anaphora...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 6): Understanding Poetry - Rhythm...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0064Explore the history of poetry, its essential components, and its role in early...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 7): Understanding Poetry -...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0065In this program, we continue exploring both the history and the essential components of poetry...
Behind the Masks - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB527607A fascinating look at the meaning behind some Indigenous masks from the North Pacific coast...
Ben Hur Series
MUSE Entertainment MUSE00A young Jewish prince, Ben Hur seeks revenge after an old friend wrongly imprisons him and his...
Ben Hur: Part 1
MUSE Entertainment MUSE01Lavish biblical adventure of betrayal and revenge. Two former friends are pitted against each other...
Bill Bissett: Heart of a Poet, Season 1
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM31One of the country's pre-eminent poets, two-time Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner and Milton...
Blackberry Subway Jam - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB521228This animated version of the popular children's story by Robert Munsch is about a young boy with a...
Breaking a Leg - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB527919Director Robert Lepage has given us some of the most exciting Canadian theatre of the last...
Bugs Bugs Bugs
Weston Woods WW831by Bob Barner (Chronicle) With whimsical verse and brightly colored collage images, everyone's...
Cages - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB527109This powerful, contemporary story by Guy Vanderhaeghe dramatizes a family in conflict. A father...
Canada Vignettes: Melvin Arbuckle, Famous Canadian - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB522954W.O. Mitchell recounts Newton's Law of Falling Backhouses, a story based on the youthful pranks of...
Canada Vignettes: Riverdale Lion - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB528171An interpretation of the poem Riverdale Lion by John Robert Colombo.
Canada Vignettes: The Novelist - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB525694A vignette featuring Canadian novelist Margaret Laurence.
Capital - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB522946Set against the beauty and harsh reality of the Interlake region of Manitoba, this is the story of...
Catherine Kidd: Heart of a Poet, Season 2
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM41Catherine Kidd takes us on a high-flying ride through her enigmatic imagination, in her...