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Join Angelina, Tim, and David as they continue to discuss William Shakespeare's  Twelfth Night.  Topics include where Twelfth Night belongs in Shakespeare's canon, the somewhat abrupt ending, the lack of change in the characters, the subtitle, and the poem that ends the play.  ///  If you like Close Reads, please support us at patreon.com/closereads .  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out...

Join Angelina, Tim, and David as they continue to discuss William Shakespeare's  Twelfth Night.  Topics include Shakespeare's innovation (and subversion) of dramatic form, the Shakespearean authorship question and whether it matters, the way the shape of the stage comes alive in the play, and much more.      See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If yo...

Join Angelina, Tim, and David as they continue to discuss William Shakespeare's  Twelfth Night.  Topics include Shakespeare's approach to structure, identity (and the motif of disguise), and comedic reversals. Plus, Tim tells another story about classroom hijinks.          See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...

Join Angelina, Tim, and David as they continue conversation on William Shakespeare's  Twelfth Night.  Topics include the number of lines dedicated to the "foolish" characters, the nature of Soliloquy in Shakespeare, and much, much more.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus e...

Join Angelina, Tim, and David as they kickoff conversation on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.  Topics include different approaches to Shakespeare, Renaissance metaphors that are key in the play, and much, much more (this episode is long!).  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

It took a few takes (and some persistent in the face of tech issue), but Angelina, Tim, and David are back with another episode of Close Reads. This week they discuss Kenneth Branaugh's film adaptation of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express .    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or ge...

Join Angelina, Tim, and David for another episode of literary debate, witty banter, and all around frivolity as they answer several listener questions and debate the overall artistic quality of Agatha Christie's "masterpiece."  Topics includes (more on) justice, considering literary world's for their own sake, P.D. James take on Christie (and other mystery writers), the grandeur of red-leafed tree...

On this episode of Close Reads Angelina, Tim, and David discuss the finale of Agatha Christie's beloved mystery story, Murder on the Orient Express . Topics include: The Great Candy Wars of 2017, the detective as a trope, the question of justice in the ending, Poirot's punting, Tim's inner struggle.  Please consider becoming a patron of this podcast. Learn more at  patreon.com/closereads .  See ac...

On this episode of Close Reads Angelina, Tim, and David discuss part two of Agatha Christie's beloved mystery story, Murder on the Orient Express . Topics include: Some (fascinating) listener theories on the book, Poirot's approach and personality, the role of the reader in a good mystery, Tim shenanigans, and much more.  Please consider becoming a patron of this podcast. Learn more at  patreon.co...

On this episode of Close Reads Angelina, Tim, and David kick off their discussion of Agatha's Christie classic mystery story, Murder on the Orient Express. This week they chat about part one. Topics include the way Christie plays with the form of the mystery story, Hercule Poirot's character, the nature of justice in the story, and MUCH more.    Please consider becoming a patron of this podcast. L...

On this episode of Close Reads, Tim and David conclude their discussion of Marilynne Robinson's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,  Gilead . include whether Jack should have left town, whether Jack is a bad guy, and much, much more. This episode covers pages 215 through the end of the book.  *** Please consider becoming a patron of this podcast. Learn more at patreon.com/closereads .  See acas...

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their discussion of Marilynne Robinson's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,  Gilead . Topics include Angelina's strong feelings about the book (and David's pushback), whether Robinson misfired with the Boughton/Ames scene, and much more. This episode covers pages 188-215.  *** This episode is brought to you by our good friends a...

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their discussion of Marilynne Robinson's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,  Gilead . Topics include ways the parable of the prodigal son show up in the book, Jack Boughton's concerns about being "elect," rejection vs. restoration, Jack's loneliness, and much more. This episode covers pages 160-188.  *** This episode is brought...

On this bonus episode of Close Reads, David discusses Marilynne Robinson with poet, teacher, and speaker Christine Perrin, who explains why it took her a while to learn to love Gilead , why Lila is her "heart book," and much, much more.  *** This episode is brought to you by our good friends at  New College Franklin . Set up a campus visit now! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informa...

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their discussion of Marilynne Robinson's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,  Gilead . Topics include how easy it is to focus on the wrong things when you read, the mystery of reading a book, the lack of a problem to be solved in this book, the Jack Boughton revelation, and much more. This episode covers pages 128-160.  *** This...

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their discussion of Marilynne Robinson's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,  Gilead . Topics include all the baseball in the book, the mystery of Jack Boughton, the remembrance of sorrow, and much more. This episode covers pages 97-128.  *** This episode is brought to you by our good friends at  New College Franklin . Set up a c...

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim (from Aruba), and David continue their discussion of Marilynne Robinson's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,  Gilead . Topics include the book's lack of plot, the various father/son relationships, more conversation on theology and suffering, and more. This episode covers pages 68-97.  *** This episode is brought to you by  Schole Academy  from Clas...

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina and David continue their discussion of Marilynne Robinson's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,  Gilead (while Tim vacations in Aruba). Topics include John Ames' observations of humanity, the goodness of growing old, contemplation of heaven (and the beauty of perishability), and more. This episode covers pages 37-68.  *** This episode is brought to you b...

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David kick off their discussion of Marilynne Robinson's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Gilead (2004). Topics include whether this is a sad book, a bit on Robinson's biography, John Ames's joy in the face of suffering, and more. *** This episode is brought to you by  Schole Academy  from Classical Academic Press, featuring new literature co...

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, David, and Andrew conclude their discussion of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel Brideshead Revisited,  answering listener questions.  Topics include: The BBC miniseries and Jeremy Irons' audio book  The effect of Charles immaturity on his perspectives Whether it's a true conversion story Which characters display true faith Symbolism and conversion and muc...

On this special LIVE episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, David, and their special guest conclude their discussion of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel  Brideshead Revisited,  focusing on the final chapters.  This episode was recorded at the 2017 CiRCE Conference. Topics include: The love story Whether this story is tragedy Whether people wanted Julia and Charles to stay together The sign of the cros...

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their discussion of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel,  Brideshead Revisited,  focusing on chapter 9.  Topics include: Julia's prescience Julia's guilty conscience Bridey's strong words Ryder's skepticism and much more This episode is brought to you by  Schole Academy  from Classical Academic Press, featuring new literature courses taugh...

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their discussion of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel,  Brideshead Revisited,  focusing on chapter 9.  Topics include: The interesting structure of the chapter Celia's infedelity Much more on perspective The metaphor of the storm Characters repeating patterns Whether this first chapter where anything actually happens and much more... Thi...

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their discussion of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel,  Brideshead Revisited,  focusing on chapter 7.  Topics include: Getting to know Julia Rex's ignorance Why Charles is attracted to Julia "Modern" education Perspective and Waugh and more... This episode is brought to you by our friends at the Institute for Excellence in Writing, purve...

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their discussion of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel,  Brideshead Revisited,  focusing on chapter 7.  Topics include: Getting to know Julia Rex's ignorance Why Charles is attracted to Julia "Modern" education Perspective and Waugh and more... This episode is brought to you by our friends at the Institute for Excellence in Writing, purve...