
Critical Readings
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Show overview
Critical Readings has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 336 episodes. That works out to roughly 400 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h and 1h 19m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-GB-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 33 episodes already out so far this year. Published by CriticalReadings.com.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
View all 336 episodesCR Episode 336: The Once and Future King, Part XII
CR Episode 335: The Once and Future King, Part XI
CR Episode 334: The Once and Future King, Part X
CR Episode 333: The Once and Future King, Part IX
CR Episode 332: The Once and Future King, Part VIII
CR Episode 331: The Once and Future King, Part VII
CR Episode 330: The Once and Future King, Part VI
CR Episode 329: The Once and Future King, Part V
CR Episode 328: The Once and Future King, Part IV
CR Episode 327: The Once and Future King, Part III
CR Episode 326: The Once and Future King, Part II
CR Episode 325: The Once and Future King, Part I
CR Episode 324: The Poetry of Ralph Waldo Emerson
CR Episode 323: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act V
CR Episode 322: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act IV
CR Episode 321: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III
CR Episode 320: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act II
CR Episode 319: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act I
CR Episode 318: Paradise Regained, Book IV

CR Episode 317: Paradise Regained, Book III
The panel discusses the continuation of the second temptation in the desert, with Satan's various presentations of worldly power, and the explication that acceptance of any of his 'gifts' is tantamount to acknowledging his sovereignty over the recipient.Continue reading