Close Readings
A podcast by London Review of Books - Mondays
144 Episodes
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On Satire: Ben Jonson's 'Volpone'
Published: 4/03/2024 -
Political Poems: W.H. Auden's 'Spain 1937'
Published: 28/02/2024 -
Among the Ancients II: Aesop
Published: 24/02/2024 -
Medieval LOLs: The Colloquies of Aelfric Bata
Published: 18/02/2024 -
Human Conditions: ‘The Second Sex’ by Simone de Beauvoir
Published: 10/02/2024 -
On Satire: John Donne's Satires
Published: 4/02/2024 -
Political Poems: Andrew Marvell's 'An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland'
Published: 31/01/2024 -
Among the Ancients II: Hesiod
Published: 24/01/2024 -
Medieval LOLs: Chaucer's 'Miller's Tale'
Published: 17/01/2024 -
Human Conditions: ‘Anti-Semite and Jew’ by Jean-Paul Sartre
Published: 14/01/2024 -
On Satire: 'The Praise of Folly' by Desiderius Erasmus
Published: 4/01/2024 -
Introducing: Among the Ancients II
Published: 3/01/2024 -
Introducing: On Satire
Published: 1/01/2024 -
Introducing: Human Conditions
Published: 1/01/2024 -
The Long and Short: Elizabeth Bowen
Published: 24/12/2023 -
Among the Ancients: Seneca
Published: 14/12/2023 -
Medieval Beginnings: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Published: 4/12/2023 -
The Long and Short: Alice Oswald's ‘Dart’ and ‘Memorial’
Published: 24/11/2023 -
Among the Ancients: Ovid
Published: 14/11/2023 -
Medieval Beginnings: The Digby Mary Magdalene Play
Published: 4/11/2023
Close Readings is a new multi-series podcast subscription from the London Review of Books. Two contributors explore areas of literature through a selection of key works, providing an introductory grounding like no other. Listen to some episodes for free here, and extracts from our ongoing subscriber-only series. How To Subscribe In Apple Podcasts, click 'subscribe' at the top of this podcast feed to unlock the full episodes. Or for other podcast apps, sign up here: https://lrb.me/closereadings RUNNING IN 2025: 'Conversations in Philosophy' with Jonathan Rée and James Wood 'Fiction and the Fantastic' with Marina Warner, Anna Della Subin, Adam Thirlwell and Chloe Aridjis 'Love and Death' with Seamus Perry and Mark Ford 'Novel Approaches' with Clare Bucknell, Thomas Jones and other guests ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CLOSE READINGS SUBSCRIPTION: 'Among the Ancients' with Emily Wilson and Thomas Jones 'Medieval Beginnings' with Irina Dumitrescu and Mary Wellesley 'The Long and Short' with Mark Ford and Seamus Perry 'Modern-ish Poets: Series 1' with Mark Ford and Seamus Perry 'Among the Ancients II' with Emily Wilson and Thomas Jones 'On Satire' with Colin Burrow and Clare Bucknell 'Human Conditions' with Adam Shatz, Judith Butler, Pankaj Mishra and Brent Hayes Edwards 'Political Poems' with Mark Ford and Seamus Perry 'Medieval LOLs' with Irina Dumitrescu and Mary Wellesley Get in touch: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
