Episódios

  • 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
  • CR Episode 277: Tristram Shandy, Part VIII

    CR Episode 277: Tristram Shandy, Part VIII
    Jun 23 2025
    The panel discusses the beginning of book five, including the extreme discomfort of riding post-chaise, the concupiscent meanings which attach to ordinary words thereby rendering them unusable, and the highly irregular manner of Tristram's circumcision.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 15 minutos
  • CR Episode 276: Tristram Shandy, Part VII

    CR Episode 276: Tristram Shandy, Part VII
    Jun 16 2025
    The panel discusses the conclusion of the fourth book, including Walter and Toby stuck on the stairs amidst further discussion of the definition of a nose (or noes), and the inflexible irrevocability of all of the mishaps that occur during the narrative.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 10 minutos
  • CR Episode 275: Tristram Shandy, Part VI

    CR Episode 275: Tristram Shandy, Part VI
    Jun 9 2025
    The panel reads the conclusion of book three and the beginning of book four in which the topic of noses recurs and features prominently, providing an opportunity to examine how Dr. Slop and Walter Shandy can be compared to Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim.Continue reading
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    54 minutos
  • CR Episode 274: Tristram Shandy, Part V

    CR Episode 274: Tristram Shandy, Part V
    Jun 2 2025
    The panel approaches the moment of Tristram's birth beginning with the author's preface (in book 3), followed by a definition of 'nose', and a series of mix-ups involving the words 'mortar' and 'bridge' with dire implications for the unhappy newborn.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 9 minutos
  • CR Episode 273: Tristram Shandy, Part IV

    CR Episode 273: Tristram Shandy, Part IV
    May 26 2025
    The panel concludes the second book and, in a series of retrograde manoeuvres, progresses through the third book until Dr. Slop is able to receive delivery of his forceps, free them from their knotted bag, and demonstrate their usage on Uncle Toby.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 6 minutos
  • CR Episode 272: Tristram Shandy, Part III

    CR Episode 272: Tristram Shandy, Part III
    May 19 2025
    The panel discusses book II, chapters 6–17 and Sterne's use of metanarrative focus on the correct art of oratory, the use of puns and textual elisions, the need to fill in details or leave them to readerly imagination, and the use of real-world sermons.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 22 minutos