123 Episodes

  1. Conversations in Philosophy: 'The Essence of Christianity' by Ludwig Feuerbach

    Published: 2/3/2025

  2. Novel Approaches: ‘Mansfield Park’ by Jane Austen

    Published: 1/28/2025

  3. Love and Death: Milton's 'Lycidas'

    Published: 1/20/2025

  4. Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘The Thousand and One Nights’

    Published: 1/13/2025

  5. Conversations in Philosophy: 'Fear and Trembling' by Søren Kierkegaard

    Published: 1/6/2025

  6. Introducing ‘Novel Approaches’

    Published: 1/5/2025

  7. Introducing ‘Love and Death’

    Published: 1/4/2025

  8. Introducing ‘Fiction and the Fantastic’

    Published: 1/3/2025

  9. Introducing 'Conversations in Philosophy'

    Published: 1/2/2025

  10. Political Poems: ‘Little Gidding’ by T.S. Eliot

    Published: 12/28/2024

  11. Among the Ancients II: Marcus Aurelius

    Published: 12/24/2024

  12. Medieval LOLs: Gwerful Mechain’s ‘Ode to the Vagina’

    Published: 12/18/2024

  13. Coming next year on Close Readings

    Published: 12/16/2024

  14. Human Conditions: ‘Sister Outsider’ by Audre Lorde

    Published: 12/10/2024

  15. On Satire: 'A Far Cry from Kensington' by Muriel Spark

    Published: 12/4/2024

  16. Political Poems: ‘Station Island’ by Seamus Heaney

    Published: 11/28/2024

  17. Among the Ancients II: Apuleius

    Published: 11/24/2024

  18. Medieval LOLs: 'Tales of Count Lucanor' by Juan Manuel

    Published: 11/18/2024

  19. Human Conditions: ‘Black Music’ by Amiri Baraka

    Published: 11/10/2024

  20. On Satire: 'A Handful of Dust' by Evelyn Waugh

    Published: 11/4/2024

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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 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 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 guestsALSO 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 WellesleyGet in touch: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.