Mr. Nance discusses the twisted soothsayers and comic grafters in Cantos XX-XXI

Faust by Goethe Translated by Walter Arndt Read, performed, and illustrated by Mr. Nance The first half is pantomime, and the second is pencil drawings that didn't scan well. I'll try to do a more refined job on the rest of the episodes. But at least it's available. Enjoy your reading!

Mr. Nance finishes out the Inferno in the cold! It's SNOWING! Theme song performed by Mr. Clark.

This video lesson details a biography of William Blake and his works.

"Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a poem written by the English Romantic poet John Keats in May 1819 and published anonymously in the January 1820, Number 15 issue of the magazine Annals of the Fine Arts.

This lesson is a reading of I am Laertes Son from the Odyssey.

Mr. Nance talks briefly about Psychological Criticism.

This lesson is on a reading of Odysseus and Penelope from The Odyssey .

Mr. Nance hangs out in the sand and sulfur with the Violent against God, Art, and Nature! Theme Song performed by Miranda Tonkin!

Mr. Nance introduces Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, talking about the significance of beginnings and chapter one and addressing the challenges of the text. Music by Mickey Pinell, "Dante's Song: And I cried again" (Used with Permission)

Shakespeare's sonnet 116 was first published in 1609. Its structure and form are a typical example of the Shakespearean sonnet. The poet begins by stating he should not stand in the way of true love. Love cannot be true if it changes for any reason.

Mr. Nance talks briefly about Feminism.