Episódios

  • CR Episode 285: The Rape of the Lock, Part I

    CR Episode 285: The Rape of the Lock, Part I
    Aug 25 2025
    The panel discusses the first two cantos of Alexander Pope's heroi-comical peacemaker poem, with special attention to its use of foreshadowing, the style and tenor of its dialogue, and its allegedly Rosicrucian spiritology (and its textual origins).Continue reading
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    1 hora e 21 minutos
  • CR Episode 284: Poetry and Music

    CR Episode 284: Poetry and Music
    Aug 18 2025
    The panel is joined by the novelist H.S. Cross to discuss three poems that have been famously set to music: "The Lark Ascending" by George Meredith, "Most Glorious Lord of Life" by Edmund Spenser, and "Three Songs for St. Cecilia's Day" by W.H. Auden.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 11 minutos
  • CR Episode 283: Tristram Shandy, Part XIV

    CR Episode 283: Tristram Shandy, Part XIV
    Aug 4 2025
    The panel concludes the summer reading with the ninth and final book of Tristram Shandy, compassing the manner of the liaison between Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman, with special attention to Toby's wound, Trim's knee, and Mrs. Shandy's constant purity.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 22 minutos
  • CR Episode 282: Tristram Shandy, Part XIII

    CR Episode 282: Tristram Shandy, Part XIII
    Jul 28 2025
    The panel reads the conclusion of the eighth book, with attention to metaphorical fortifications and battle plans, a tale of one-sided love between Corporal Trim and a Nursing Nun, and a budding romance between Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman.Continue reading
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    1 hora
  • CR Episode 281: Tristram Shandy, Part XII

    CR Episode 281: Tristram Shandy, Part XII
    Jul 21 2025
    The panel discusses the books seven and eight, with particular attention to the parallel narratives used to describe the approach to Lyons, the different forms of bad luck Tristram encounters there, and the Widow Wadman's love for Uncle Toby.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 16 minutos
  • CR Episode 280: Tristram Shandy, Part XI

    CR Episode 280: Tristram Shandy, Part XI
    Jul 14 2025
    The panel discusses narrative lines straight and winding in book six, and parallel trips in France in book seven, including Tristram's three visits to Auxerre: as a child, as a young man, and in the narrative 'present' when the book is being written.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 7 minutos
  • CR Episode 279: Tristram Shandy, Part X

    CR Episode 279: Tristram Shandy, Part X
    Jul 7 2025
    The panel discusses the majority of the sixth book, with attention to the 'picture' of the Widow Wadman, the story of Le Fever and his orphaned son, the mode of classical dress, and the rise of the novel in both its historical and literary contexts.Continue reading
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    53 minutos
  • CR Episode 278: Tristram Shandy, Part IX

    CR Episode 278: Tristram Shandy, Part IX
    Jun 30 2025
    The panel discusses the conclusion of the fifth book, with attention to how the hobby horses of Trim and Toby reappear, and what they suggest about the potential truth in ancient knowledge and the pedagogical value of learning fundamental texts by rote.Continue reading
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    1 hora