Close Readings

A podcast by London Review of Books

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103 Episodes

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

    Published: 2/28/2024
  2. Among the Ancients II: Aesop

    Published: 2/24/2024
  3. Medieval LOLs: The Colloquies of Aelfric Bata

    Published: 2/18/2024
  4. Human Conditions: ‘The Second Sex’ by Simone de Beauvoir

    Published: 2/10/2024
  5. On Satire: John Donne's Satires

    Published: 2/4/2024
  6. Political Poems: Andrew Marvell's 'An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland'

    Published: 1/31/2024
  7. Among the Ancients II: Hesiod

    Published: 1/24/2024
  8. Medieval LOLs: Chaucer's 'Miller's Tale'

    Published: 1/17/2024
  9. Human Conditions: ‘Anti-Semite and Jew’ by Jean-Paul Sartre

    Published: 1/14/2024
  10. On Satire: 'The Praise of Folly' by Desiderius Erasmus

    Published: 1/4/2024
  11. Introducing: Among the Ancients II

    Published: 1/3/2024
  12. Introducing: On Satire

    Published: 1/1/2024
  13. Introducing: Human Conditions

    Published: 1/1/2024
  14. The Long and Short: Elizabeth Bowen

    Published: 12/24/2023
  15. Among the Ancients: Seneca

    Published: 12/14/2023
  16. Medieval Beginnings: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

    Published: 12/4/2023
  17. The Long and Short: Alice Oswald's ‘Dart’ and ‘Memorial’

    Published: 11/24/2023
  18. Among the Ancients: Ovid

    Published: 11/14/2023
  19. Medieval Beginnings: The Digby Mary Magdalene Play

    Published: 11/4/2023
  20. The Long and Short: Nella Larsen's 'Passing' and Langston Hughes's 'Montage of a Dream Deferred'

    Published: 10/24/2023

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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 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 WellesleyPLUS: More series starting in 2025...Get in touch: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.