Episódios

  • 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
  • CR Episode 292: Pride and Prejudice, Part III

    CR Episode 292: Pride and Prejudice, Part III
    Oct 13 2025
    The panel discusses chapters 35–49, with special attention to the rational development of Elizabeth's appreciation of Mr. Darcy, and to Jane Austen's reformist, but not revolutionary, attitude to the social mores and expectations of Regency-era England.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 14 minutos
  • CR Episode 291: Pride and Prejudice, Part II

    CR Episode 291: Pride and Prejudice, Part II
    Oct 6 2025
    The panel discusses chapters 18–34, with topics of interest including Mr. Darcy's concealed gallantry, whether Mr. Collins has any goodly qualities, Elizabeth's sensible regard for her family's reputation, and her internally conflicted personal values.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 18 minutos
  • CR Episode 290: Pride and Prejudice, Part I

    CR Episode 290: Pride and Prejudice, Part I
    Sep 29 2025
    The panel reads chapters 1–17 of Pride and Prejudice, with special attention to the developing form of the novel in the Regency era, the biographical connexions between Austen's life and her novels, and the initially peripheral nature of the protagonists.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 33 minutos