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CR Episode 230: Le Morte Darthur, Part V
The panel discusses the episode of Sir Gareth of Orkney, with attention given both to the anti-egalitarian worldview and historical reality of the pe…
1 year, 9 months ago
CR Episode 229: Le Morte Darthur, Part IV
The panel reads the tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake, with attention given to the features of mediaeval romance, Malory's use of humour and his knowledg…
1 year, 9 months ago
CR Episode 228: Le Morte Darthur, Part III
The panel reads the Roman War sequence with particular attention to Malory's use of historical progression, metaphor, and physical violence, especial…
1 year, 10 months ago
CR Episode 227: Le Morte Darthur, Part II
The panel catches up on the tale of "Balyn and Balan," before discussing "The Wedding of King Arthur" and "The Book of Adventures", with comments on …
1 year, 10 months ago
CR Episode 226: Le Morte Darthur, Part I
The panel discusses the biography of Sir Thomas Malory, the textual history of Le Morte Darthur, the lineage of King Arthur, and the initial formatio…
1 year, 10 months ago
CR Episode 225: All for Love, Act V
The panel closes discussion of Dryden's All for Love with an examination of the death of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, how the scene differs from that o…
1 year, 10 months ago
CR Episode 224: All for Love, Act IV
The panel discusses the penultimate act of Dryden's All for Love, with special attention to the depictions (or rather, lack thereof) of Octavius, the…
1 year, 11 months ago
CR Episode 223: All for Love, Act III
The panel discusses the third act of Dryden's most successful play, All for Love, with particular attention to Marc Antony's lack of constancy, and D…
1 year, 11 months ago
CR Episode 222: All for Love, Act II
The panel reads the second act of John Dryden's All for Love, with special attention to the rhetorical manoeuvres of Cleopatra, and the psychological…
1 year, 11 months ago
CR Episode 221: All for Love, Act I
The panel reads the first act of John Dryden's take on the story of Antony and Cleopatra, All for Love, with a focus on Marc Antony's mental state, t…
1 year, 11 months ago