Close Readings
A podcast by London Review of Books - Mondays
144 Episodes
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Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift
Published: 10/02/2025 -
Conversations in Philosophy: 'The Essence of Christianity' by Ludwig Feuerbach
Published: 03/02/2025 -
Novel Approaches: ‘Mansfield Park’ by Jane Austen
Published: 28/01/2025 -
Love and Death: Milton's 'Lycidas'
Published: 20/01/2025 -
Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘The Thousand and One Nights’
Published: 13/01/2025 -
Conversations in Philosophy: 'Fear and Trembling' by Søren Kierkegaard
Published: 06/01/2025 -
Introducing ‘Novel Approaches’
Published: 05/01/2025 -
Introducing ‘Love and Death’
Published: 04/01/2025 -
Introducing ‘Fiction and the Fantastic’
Published: 03/01/2025 -
Introducing 'Conversations in Philosophy'
Published: 02/01/2025 -
Political Poems: ‘Little Gidding’ by T.S. Eliot
Published: 28/12/2024 -
Among the Ancients II: Marcus Aurelius
Published: 24/12/2024 -
Medieval LOLs: Gwerful Mechain’s ‘Ode to the Vagina’
Published: 18/12/2024 -
Coming next year on Close Readings
Published: 16/12/2024 -
Human Conditions: ‘Sister Outsider’ by Audre Lorde
Published: 10/12/2024 -
On Satire: 'A Far Cry from Kensington' by Muriel Spark
Published: 04/12/2024 -
Political Poems: ‘Station Island’ by Seamus Heaney
Published: 28/11/2024 -
Among the Ancients II: Apuleius
Published: 24/11/2024 -
Medieval LOLs: 'Tales of Count Lucanor' by Juan Manuel
Published: 18/11/2024 -
Human Conditions: ‘Black Music’ by Amiri Baraka
Published: 10/11/2024
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.
