Close Readings

A podcast by London Review of Books

Categories:

Arts Education

73 Episodes

  1. Political Poems: 'The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

    Published: 4/28/2024

  2. Among the Ancients II: Pindar and Bacchylides

    Published: 4/24/2024

  3. Medieval LOLs: Fabliaux

    Published: 4/18/2024

  4. Human Conditions: ‘The Human Condition’ by Hannah Arendt

    Published: 4/10/2024

  5. On Satire: The Earl of Rochester

    Published: 4/4/2024

  6. Political Poems: 'Easter 1916' by W.B. Yeats

    Published: 3/28/2024

  7. Among the Ancients II: Herodotus

    Published: 3/24/2024

  8. Medieval LOLs: Old English Riddles

    Published: 3/18/2024

  9. Human Conditions: ‘Black Skin, White Masks’ by Frantz Fanon

    Published: 3/10/2024

  10. On Satire: Ben Jonson's 'Volpone'

    Published: 3/4/2024

  11. Political Poems: W.H. Auden's 'Spain 1937'

    Published: 2/28/2024

  12. Among the Ancients II: Aesop

    Published: 2/24/2024

  13. Medieval LOLs: The Colloquies of Aelfric Bata

    Published: 2/18/2024

  14. Human Conditions: ‘The Second Sex’ by Simone de Beauvoir

    Published: 2/10/2024

  15. On Satire: John Donne's Satires

    Published: 2/4/2024

  16. Political Poems: Andrew Marvell's 'An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland'

    Published: 1/31/2024

  17. Among the Ancients II: Hesiod

    Published: 1/24/2024

  18. Medieval LOLs: Chaucer's 'Miller's Tale'

    Published: 1/17/2024

  19. Human Conditions: ‘Anti-Semite and Jew’ by Jean-Paul Sartre

    Published: 1/14/2024

  20. On Satire: What is satire?

    Published: 1/4/2024

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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 SubscribeApple Podcast users can sign up directly here: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqFor other podcast apps, sign up here: lrb.me/closereadingsClose Readings PlusIf you'd like to receive all the books under discussion in our 2024 series, and get access to online seminars throughout the year with special guests and other supporting material, sign up to Close Readings Plus here: https://lrb.me/plusRunning 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 JonesThere'll be a new episode from each series every month.Get in touch: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.