Close Readings
A podcast by London Review of Books
106 Episodes
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Medieval LOLs: Old English Riddles
Published: 18/03/2024 -
Human Conditions: ‘Black Skin, White Masks’ by Frantz Fanon
Published: 10/03/2024 -
On Satire: Ben Jonson's 'Volpone'
Published: 04/03/2024 -
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: 04/02/2024 -
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: 04/01/2024 -
Introducing: Among the Ancients II
Published: 03/01/2024 -
Introducing: On Satire
Published: 01/01/2024 -
Introducing: Human Conditions
Published: 01/01/2024 -
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: 04/12/2023 -
The Long and Short: Alice Oswald's ‘Dart’ and ‘Memorial’
Published: 24/11/2023
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 SubscribeIn 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/closereadingsRunning in 2024:On Satire with Clare Bucknell and Colin BurrowHuman Conditions with Adam Shatz, Judith Butler, Pankaj Mishra and Brent Hayes EdwardsAmong the Ancients II with Emily Wilson and Thomas JonesPolitical Poems with Seamus Perry and Mark FordMedieval LOLs with Irina Dumitrescu and Mary WellesleyFour new series starting in January 2025:CONVERSATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY with Jonathan Rée and James WoodFICTION AND THE FANTASTIC with Marina Warner, Anna Della Subin and other guestsLOVE AND DEATH with Seamus Perry and Mark FordNOVEL APPROACHES with Clare Bucknell, Thomas Jones and other guestsGet in touch: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
