Great Authors of the Western Literary Tradition, 2nd Edition Part 1 Through Part 7 Complete 84 Lectures on 42 Audiocassettes with 7 Course Guidebooks

by Elizabeth Vandiver, Thomas F.X. Noble, Ronald B. Herzman

Part 1: Near Eastern & Mediterranean Foundations Part 2: Literature of the Classical World Part 3: Literature of the Middle Ages Part 4: Literature of the Renaissance Part 5: Neoclassic Literature and the 18th Century Part 6: Literature of the 19th Century Part 7: Modern Literature

Audio Cassette

Published January 1, 2004

About the author

Elizabeth Vandiver is Associate Professor of Classics and Clement Biddle Penrose Professor of Latin at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. She was formerly Director of the Honors Humanities program at the University of Maryland at College Park, where she also taught in the Department of Classics. She completed her undergraduate work at Shimer College and went on to earn her M.A. and Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin.

Prior to taking her position at Maryland, she held visiting professorships at Northwestern University, the University of Georgia, the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, Loyola University of New Orleans, and Utah State University.

Professor Vandiver is the author of Heroes in Herodotus: The Interaction of Myth and History. She has also written numerous articles and has delivered many papers at national and international conferences.

In 1998, The American Philological Association recognized her achievements as a lecturer with its Excellence in Teaching Award, the most prestigious teaching prize given to American classicists. Her other awards include the Northwestern University Department of Classics Excellence in Teaching Award and two University of Georgia Outstanding Honors Professor Awards.