Close Readings
Un podcast de London Review of Books - Les lundis
146 Épisodes
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Novel Approaches: 'Crotchet Castle' by Thomas Love Peacock
Publié: 24/02/2025 -
Love and Death: Elegies for children by Ben Jonson, Anne Bradstreet, Geoffrey Hill and Elizabeth Bishop
Publié: 17/02/2025 -
Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift
Publié: 10/02/2025 -
Conversations in Philosophy: 'The Essence of Christianity' by Ludwig Feuerbach
Publié: 03/02/2025 -
Novel Approaches: ‘Mansfield Park’ by Jane Austen
Publié: 28/01/2025 -
Love and Death: Milton's 'Lycidas'
Publié: 20/01/2025 -
Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘The Thousand and One Nights’
Publié: 13/01/2025 -
Conversations in Philosophy: 'Fear and Trembling' by Søren Kierkegaard
Publié: 06/01/2025 -
Introducing ‘Novel Approaches’
Publié: 05/01/2025 -
Introducing ‘Love and Death’
Publié: 04/01/2025 -
Introducing ‘Fiction and the Fantastic’
Publié: 03/01/2025 -
Introducing 'Conversations in Philosophy'
Publié: 02/01/2025 -
Political Poems: ‘Little Gidding’ by T.S. Eliot
Publié: 28/12/2024 -
Among the Ancients II: Marcus Aurelius
Publié: 24/12/2024 -
Medieval LOLs: Gwerful Mechain’s ‘Ode to the Vagina’
Publié: 18/12/2024 -
Coming next year on Close Readings
Publié: 16/12/2024 -
Human Conditions: ‘Sister Outsider’ by Audre Lorde
Publié: 10/12/2024 -
On Satire: 'A Far Cry from Kensington' by Muriel Spark
Publié: 04/12/2024 -
Political Poems: ‘Station Island’ by Seamus Heaney
Publié: 28/11/2024 -
Among the Ancients II: Apuleius
Publié: 24/11/2024
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.