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Critical Readings

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  • 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.
    S. P. Cooper and CriticalReadings.com
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Episodes
  • CR Episode 225: All for Love, Act V

    CR Episode 225: All for Love, Act V
    Jun 3 2024
    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 of Shakespeare, and what role is ultimately played by Octavius, even despite his absence from the stage.Continue reading
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • CR Episode 224: All for Love, Act IV

    CR Episode 224: All for Love, Act IV
    May 27 2024
    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 villainous portrayal of Alexas, and the play's lack of a clearly-defined figure of heroic virtue.Continue reading
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • CR Episode 223: All for Love, Act III

    CR Episode 223: All for Love, Act III
    May 20 2024
    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 Dryden's artistic reimagining of historical events in order to place Octavia in Cleopatra's palace.Continue reading
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    1 hr and 9 mins
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