On this page, you will find additional information about items we have discussed in class. The resources have been grouped by topic.
Feel free to read / watch as desired.
Feel free to read / watch as desired.
George Bernard Shaw
Karl Marx - Captialism simplified:
Essay: The Quintessence of Ibsenism (1891)
Essay: Common Sense about the War (1914)
Suffragette Movement
BBC Revision video about the Suffragette movement:
BBC London regional programme information about the video seen in class
BBC Parliament's short video on Suffragettes
BBC programme about the Suffragette movement
Guardian site containing Emmeline Pankhurst speech, with foreword by Germaine Greer
Daily Mail article about Emily Wilding Davison
Channel 4 Racing clip about Emily Wilding Davison:
BBC Horrible Histories: rather humourous :-)
And meanwhile, in the USA ...
The Play
Background info: Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon
Background info: The legend of Pygmalion in Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 10)
Guardian: Pygmalion, London, April 11 1914
Excerpts of the film: Act 1: pg 18 (Penguin edition)
In Class
Click here for a copy of the Powerpoints used in class