Critical Readings

by CriticalReadings.com

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.

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CR Episode 338: The Once and Future King, Part XIV

The panel discusses the conclusion of The Candle in the Wind, with a look at Mordred's unreal motivations, Arthur's ultimate victory or failure, Guene...

1h 21m

•Aug 31, 2026

CR Episode 337: The Once and Future King, Part XIII

The panel discusses chapters 6–10 of the final book in The Once and Future King, with attention to Arthur's philosophical character, particularly whet...

1h 17m

•Aug 24, 2026

CR Episode 336: The Once and Future King, Part XII

The panel discusses the first five chapters of The Candle in the Wind, the last of the four books in the tetralogy, with a look at White's historical ...

1h 02m

•Aug 17, 2026

CR Episode 335: The Once and Future King, Part XI

The panel discusses the closing chapters of The Ill-Made Knight, with attention to the circumstances of Guenever's increasingly frenzied behaviour tow...

1h 15m

•Aug 10, 2026

CR Episode 334: The Once and Future King, Part X

The panel discusses chapters 26–33 of The Ill-Made Knight, examining the violent deaths of Morgause and Lamorak, Arthur's solution to the problem of '...

1h 11m

•Aug 3, 2026

CR Episode 333: The Once and Future King, Part IX

The panel addresses reader questions and discusses chapters 19–25 of The Ill-Made Knight, with an examination of Lancelot's pitiable condition and an ...

1h 03m

•Jul 27, 2026