Close Readings Plus, our pioneering programme of podcasts, book subscriptions and online seminars returns next year with three unmissable series. Spend 2023 in the company of leading LRB contributors and great literary works by signing up for a course: londonreviewbookbox.co.uk/collections/cl
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Join Mark Ford & Seamus Perry for a new series of their ‘revolutionary *****’ () conversations, in which they turn their attention to 12 new subjects drawn from two in-between, interconnected literary traditions: the long poem & the short story.
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You can listen to a sample from the first episode, on Tennyson’s ‘Maud’, here: lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-v
A disturbing poem about obsession that Tennyson himself was obsessed by, this episode considers why ‘Maud’ meant so much to him, and what it tells us about the Victorian age.
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From dragons and one-eyed giants to divine visions and friendly otters, and roam the strange and wonderful literary landscape of the Middle Ages.
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And and are back, on some of the greatest works of Ancient Greek and Roman literature, from Homer to Horace: a new chance to sign-up for the series that sold out this year (with new special guests).
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Look out for samples from both series on the main LRB podcast feed in the coming weeks.
Plus, new for 2023, we now offer a range of audio only options for our Close Readings series, if your shelves are full and it’s the podcasts only that you’re after:
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