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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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchCritical 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.
Critical Readings is hosted by CriticalReadings.com. The show has published 344 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "CR Episode 345: The Purloined Letter" (26 October 2026, 57 minutes), "CR Episode 344: The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (19 October 2026, 66 minutes), and "CR Episode 343: The Fall of the House of Usher" (12 October 2026, 69 minutes).
Critical Readings publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 70 minutes across 344 episodes.
Booking probability for Critical Readings is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Critical Readings requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Critical Readings's contact route on record: verified email.
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The panel closes out OctPOEber 2026 with another C. Auguste Dupin story, examining its gothic roots, considering the views of both Lacan and Derrida, and questioning how it fits alongside Rue Morgue within the...
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The panel discusses Poe's first C. Auguste Dupin story, and examines it as the first detective novel, with special attention to its literary context and the influence that it has had on later authors, from Sir Arthur...
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The panel discusses Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Ashes, with special attention given to the floridity of its descriptions and the duplication of language and imagery, and to the nature of the malady that...
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The panel reads The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, with attention to its structure of vengeance, its gothic genre features, the presence of literal echoes and narrative recurrence, and particularly the...
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The panel discusses the second of Beowulf's battles—this time, against Grendel's vengeful mother—with special attention to the nature of his foe and the particularly fantastic setting of the battle, which takes place...
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Dr. Madeline Potter joins the panel just in time for the first-ever Readers' Choice series: the Old English poem, Beowulf. The panel reads of Beowulf's battle with Grendel, with special attention to how honour is won...
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The panel discusses the conclusion of The Candle in the Wind, with a look at Mordred's unreal motivations, Arthur's ultimate victory or failure, Guenever's personal agency, and the development of Gawaine beyond the...
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The panel discusses chapters 6–10 of the final book in The Once and Future King, with attention to Arthur's philosophical character, particularly whether his political theories serve as a prison which prevents the kind...
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The panel discusses the first five chapters of The Candle in the Wind, the last of the four books in the tetralogy, with a look at White's historical overview of the mediæval period, and a thorough study of his...
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The panel discusses the closing chapters of The Ill-Made Knight, with attention to the circumstances of Guenever's increasingly frenzied behaviour towards Lancelot, and to his growth as a character—from self-glorifying...
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The panel discusses chapters 26–33 of The Ill-Made Knight, examining the violent deaths of Morgause and Lamorak, Arthur's solution to the problem of 'games-mania' in the Round Table, Guenever's festering jealousy, and...
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The panel addresses reader questions and discusses chapters 19–25 of The Ill-Made Knight, with an examination of Lancelot's pitiable condition and an investigation into its causes, whether due to internal contradiction...
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The panel discusses chapters 9–18 of The Ill-Made Knight, with special attention given to the development of Lancelot's relationships with the wily Elaine and the imperious Guenever, particularly in the savage...
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The panel discusses chapters 1–8 of The Ill-Made Knight, with special attention given to the characterisation and Freudian psychology of Lancelot, contrasting humility with narcissism, and examining the beginning of his...
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The panel reads the second half of The Queen of Air and Darkness, giving special consideration to Arthur's vision of the Round Table and total war, the need for Might to support Right against wickedness, the...
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The panel discusses the first half of The Queen of Air and Darkness (also known as The Witch in the Wood), with particular attention both to the Freudian characterisation of Morgause and her children, and to Merlyn's...
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The panel discusses the concluding chapters (20–24) of The Sword in the Stone, with special attention to Arthur's martial inclinations (and what they mean for a broader society), Kay's personal failings (and fundamental...
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The panel discusses chapters 14–19 of The Sword in the Stone, with special attention to White's romanticised depiction of feudalism and the historical setting of the action, and with a comparison of the pacifistic views...
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The panel reads chapters 8–13 of The Sword in the Stone, with a focus on the precise nature of Merlin's magic and the 'transformations' experienced by the Wart (but not by Kay), and a detailed examination of the episode...
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The panel reads the first seven chapters of The Sword in the Stone, with attention given to the modern and medieval aspects of the setting, White's own narratorial voice, the differing metaphors and parallels of...
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