Audio Category: Literature

Dr. David Allen White introduces Medieval drama, explaining its various forms, its historical development from tropes inserted within the Mass to full-scale stage plays, and its purpose as an entertaining...

Dr. David Allen White richly analyzes Dante’s Divine Comedy.In Part II, Dr. White richly analyzes the Inferno, the Purgatorio, and the Paradiso in light of Catholic thought. Taken from: Christianity...

Dr. David Allen White introduces Chaucer, telling his life and focusing on his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales. Dr. White explains the connection between Chaucer and the works of Dante, Boccaccio,...

Dr. David Allen White analyses the person and poetry of Petrarch, who arguably introduced the literary forms of the High Middle Ages in the 14th century, specifically the sonnet. Petrarch...

Dr. David Allen White continues his discussion of Eliot, his Christian vision, his mysticism, and illustrates how to deal with the difficulties of his poetic language. Taken from: My End...

Sophocles’ Philoctetes deals with many questions that unite the ancient and the modern world, all of which are explored by Dr. David Allen White. What role do the gods have...