13 Episodes

  1. 'A Far Cry from Kensington' by Muriel Spark

    Published: 12/4/2024

  2. 'A Handful of Dust' by Evelyn Waugh

    Published: 11/4/2024

  3. 'The Importance of Being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde

    Published: 10/4/2024

  4. Byron's 'Don Juan'

    Published: 9/4/2024

  5. Jane Austen's 'Emma'

    Published: 8/4/2024

  6. 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman' by Laurence Sterne

    Published: 7/4/2024

  7. 'The Dunciad' by Alexander Pope

    Published: 6/4/2024

  8. John Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera'

    Published: 5/4/2024

  9. The Earl of Rochester

    Published: 4/4/2024

  10. Ben Jonson's 'Volpone'

    Published: 3/4/2024

  11. John Donne's Satires

    Published: 2/4/2024

  12. Erasmus's 'Praise of Folly'

    Published: 1/4/2024

  13. Introducing On Satire

    Published: 1/1/2024

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Clare Bucknell and Colin Burrow attempt, over twelve episodes, to chart a stable course through some of the most unruly, vulgar, incoherent, savage and outright hilarious works in all of English literature. What is satire, what is it for, and why do we seem to like it so much? Clare Bucknell and Colin Burrow are both fellows of All Souls College, Oxford, and regular contributors to the London Review of Books. Non-subscribers will only hear extracts from these episodes. To listen in full, and to all our other Close Readings series, sign up: Directly in Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://lrb.me/satireapplesignup⁠ In other podcast apps: ⁠https://lrb.me/satiresignuppod⁠ Get in touch: [email protected]