Hear about Austin Clarke's Mnemosyne Lay in Dust, a long poem recounting the poet's experience of mental disorder
Learn about Mnemosyne Lay in Dust (1966), a long poem by Irish writer Austin Clarke recalling his experience of mental disorder and hospitalization as a young man.
University College Cork, Ireland (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.This video dramatizes Shirley Jackson's “The Lottery,” a frightening and highly controversial tale that uses the mundanity of life in a rural town to intensify the shocking revelation of what its yearly lottery decides. This 1969 video is a production of the Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about the fate of Agamemnon, according to Homer's Odyssey, Book XI, by listening to his ghost telling Odysseus how he was murdered.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The Bigfoot story dates back to Native American and Indigenous Canadian folklore.
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University College Cork, Ireland (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about the importance of Dante's Inferno to Irish writers and artists.
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Prana Film/Internet Moving Images Archive (at archive.org)One of the scariest scenes from Nosferatu. The vampire (portrayed by Max Schreck) rises ominously from a coffin on a ship and terrifies a crewman.
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University College Cork, Ireland (A Britannica Publishing Partner)The Great Book of Ireland is a manuscript book containing hundreds of Irish poems, music compositions, and drawings. Each is handwritten by the author or composer or hand-drawn by the artist. The book was compiled between 1989 and 1991.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.George Bernard Shaw, portrayed by Donald Moffatt, analyzing William Shakespeare's characterization of Julius Caesar and comparing it with his own treatment, using reenactments of scenes from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra. This 1970 video is a production of Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.
