Episódios

  • CR Episode 304: The Hobbit, Part I

    CR Episode 304: The Hobbit, Part I
    Jan 5 2026
    The panel discusses the first four chapters of The Hobbit with special attention to the development of the story as a text, its features connecting it to the genres of fairy tales and bedtime stories, and its careful use of narrative foreshadowing.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 26 minutos
  • CR Episode 303: Romeo and Juliet, Part V

    CR Episode 303: Romeo and Juliet, Part V
    Dec 29 2025
    The panel closes out Romeo and Juliet, and the year 2025, with a discussion of Friar Laurence's cowardly culpability, Romeo's impassioned importunity, Juliet's happy dagger, Paris' finest hour, and Shakespeare's interest in people of all walks of life.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 20 minutos
  • CR Episode 302: Romeo and Juliet, Part IV

    CR Episode 302: Romeo and Juliet, Part IV
    Dec 22 2025
    The panel discusses the fourth act, with attention to the self-serving plan of Friar Laurence, who imperils the two lovers by avoiding more rational courses of action in favour of one which helps him avoid scrutiny for his role in their relationship.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 1 minuto
  • CR Episode 301: Romeo and Juliet, Part III

    CR Episode 301: Romeo and Juliet, Part III
    Dec 15 2025
    The panel discusses the third act—the 'beginning of woe'—when the drama shifts decidedly from comedy to tragedy with the departure of Mercutio and Juliet's nurse from the action, and with both Romeo and Juliet considering death rather than separation.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 5 minutos
  • CR Episode 300: Romeo and Juliet, Part II

    CR Episode 300: Romeo and Juliet, Part II
    Dec 8 2025
    The panel discusses the second act, including the secret marriage plans facilitated by Friar Laurence, with attention given to the impetuous behaviour of Romeo and Juliet, and the dangerously enabling conduct of those around them, Mercutio excepted.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 20 minutos
  • CR Episode 299: Romeo and Juliet, Part I

    CR Episode 299: Romeo and Juliet, Part I
    Dec 1 2025
    The panel discusses the genre classification of Romeo and Juliet before moving on to an examination of the poem's first act, with special attention given to the love-violence parallels, characterisation of the feuding families, and bawdy use of puns.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 45 minutos
  • CR Episode 298: The Dunciad, Part IV

    CR Episode 298: The Dunciad, Part IV
    Nov 24 2025
    The panel concludes The Dunciad with a full reading of the standalone text that became the fourth book of the 1743 edition, before examining Pope's position within the canon of early modern literature and examining his critical appraisal of his culture.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 33 minutos
  • CR Episode 297: The Dunciad, Part III

    CR Episode 297: The Dunciad, Part III
    Nov 17 2025
    The panel reads the third book of the 1743 Dunciad, in which the poem swells to its crescendo, heaping scorn upon the agents of Dullness and the rampant spirits of ignorance and commercialism that threaten the survival of the arts from opera to poetry.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 9 minutos