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Critical Readings

Critical Readings

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 Critical Readings examines key literary texts using close reading and critical analysis, and explains these approaches in discussion. Listeners will learn about the texts themselves and about how to approach a text for critical analysis.S. P. Cooper and CriticalReadings.com Art Literary History & Criticism Social Sciences
Episodes
  • CR Episode 315: Paradise Regained, Book I

    CR Episode 315: Paradise Regained, Book I
    Mar 23 2026
    The panel discusses the first book of Paradise Regained, the sequel (or continuation) of Paradise Lost, with special attention paid to the particular qualities of the first temptation in the desert, and to the poet's references to the earlier poem.Continue reading
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • CR Episode 314: W.H. Auden and Mediaevalism

    CR Episode 314: W.H. Auden and Mediaevalism
    Mar 16 2026
    The panel is joined by a special guest, the poet and author Aaron Poochigian, to discuss three medievally-inflected poems by Auden: "Lady Weeping at the Crossroads", "Ode to the Medieval Poets", and the 'Bombing Run' excerpt from "The Age of Anxiety."Continue reading
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • CR Episode 313: Sense and Sensibility, Part IV

    CR Episode 313: Sense and Sensibility, Part IV
    Mar 9 2026
    The panel discusses the closing chapters of the novel, with special attention to the quasi-reformation of Willoughby's character, the depths of villainy attained by Lucy Steele, the triumph of Col. Brandon, and Elinor's emotional displays: grief and joy.Continue reading
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    1 hr and 13 mins
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