Episódios

  • 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
  • CR Episode 296: The Dunciad, Part II

    CR Episode 296: The Dunciad, Part II
    Nov 10 2025
    The panel discusses the second book of Alexander Pope's final Dunciad (of 1743), with attention to the historical personages who are satirised, including Flecknoe and Blackmore, and the effects that they had on later poets and on the English stage.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 20 minutos
  • CR Episode 295: The Dunciad, Part I

    CR Episode 295: The Dunciad, Part I
    Nov 3 2025
    The panel reads in full the first book of Pope's final version of The Dunciad, giving special attention to the various cultural references and personal depictions in the poem, along with a look at the parodic critical footnotes provided by the author.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 35 minutos
  • CR Episode 294: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    CR Episode 294: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
    Oct 27 2025
    Celebrating Halloween, the panel discusses one of Washington Irving's best-known works—The Legend of Sleepy Hollow—with special attention to the role of characterisation, historical detail, and descriptive imagery in a near contemporary to Jane Austen.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 30 minutos
  • CR Episode 293: Pride and Prejudice, Part IV

    CR Episode 293: Pride and Prejudice, Part IV
    Oct 20 2025
    The panel discusses the concluding chapters and a series of insightful reader questions about the influence of Austen's religion, the role of romance in her novels, and her development of realistic, compelling characters with flaws and areas of growth.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 30 minutos