147 Episodes

  1. Conversations in Philosophy: 'Circles' and other essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Published: 3/3/2025
  2. Novel Approaches: 'Crotchet Castle' by Thomas Love Peacock

    Published: 2/24/2025
  3. Love and Death: Elegies for children by Ben Jonson, Anne Bradstreet, Geoffrey Hill and Elizabeth Bishop

    Published: 2/17/2025
  4. Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift

    Published: 2/10/2025
  5. Conversations in Philosophy: 'The Essence of Christianity' by Ludwig Feuerbach

    Published: 2/3/2025
  6. Novel Approaches: ‘Mansfield Park’ by Jane Austen

    Published: 1/28/2025
  7. Love and Death: Milton's 'Lycidas'

    Published: 1/20/2025
  8. Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘The Thousand and One Nights’

    Published: 1/13/2025
  9. Conversations in Philosophy: 'Fear and Trembling' by Søren Kierkegaard

    Published: 1/6/2025
  10. Introducing ‘Novel Approaches’

    Published: 1/5/2025
  11. Introducing ‘Love and Death’

    Published: 1/4/2025
  12. Introducing ‘Fiction and the Fantastic’

    Published: 1/3/2025
  13. Introducing 'Conversations in Philosophy'

    Published: 1/2/2025
  14. Political Poems: ‘Little Gidding’ by T.S. Eliot

    Published: 12/28/2024
  15. Among the Ancients II: Marcus Aurelius

    Published: 12/24/2024
  16. Medieval LOLs: Gwerful Mechain’s ‘Ode to the Vagina’

    Published: 12/18/2024
  17. Coming next year on Close Readings

    Published: 12/16/2024
  18. Human Conditions: ‘Sister Outsider’ by Audre Lorde

    Published: 12/10/2024
  19. On Satire: 'A Far Cry from Kensington' by Muriel Spark

    Published: 12/4/2024
  20. Political Poems: ‘Station Island’ by Seamus Heaney

    Published: 11/28/2024

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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 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.