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CR Episode 270: Tristram Shandy, Part I
The panel begins the summer reading of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman with a biographical overview of Laurence Sterne, followed …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
CR Episode 269: Pygmalion, Act V
The panel reads the final act of Shaw's Pygmalion, and then excerpts from the epilogue, with particular attention to Shaw's preference for realism ov…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
CR Episode 268: Pygmalion, Act IV
The panel reads the fourth act in full, with a discussion of Prof. Higgins' narcissism and its collision with his deepening feelings, an examination …
1 year ago
CR Episode 267: Pygmalion, Act III
The panel discusses the third act, in which the antisocial Higgins and the gallant Pickering are exposed as juveniles by the savvy Mrs. Higgins, and …
1 year ago
CR Episode 266: Pygmalion, Act II
The panel discusses Shaw's work on Wagner and a brief overview of the classical inspiration for his Pygmalion, before reading the second act with att…
1 year ago
CR Episode 265: Pygmalion, Act I
The panel reads the first act of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, with an introduction to the author, and a consideration of how the play reflec…
1 year ago
CR Episode 264: Doctor Wortle’s School, Part IV
The panel concludes the novella with a look at the primary falling action and the resolution of the Mary Wortle subplot, with particular attention to…
1 year, 1 month ago
CR Episode 263: Doctor Wortle’s School, Part III
The panel reads the third quarter of the novella with attention given to the romanticism of Doctor Wortle's character and how it guides his interacti…
1 year, 1 month ago
CR Episode 262: Doctor Wortle’s School, Part II
The panel reads parts three and four with attention given to the moral, logical, and legal conundrums that perplex Doctor Wortle, and with a consider…
1 year, 1 month ago
CR Episode 261: Doctor Wortle’s School, Part I
The panel reads the first two parts (or six chapters) of Trollope's fortieth novel, beginning with an introduction to the author and the text, follow…
1 year, 1 month ago