- 346
- Episodes
- 35
- Transcribed
- 169
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Critical Readings
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.
- Publisher
- CriticalReadings.com
- Category
- arts · education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 Jun 2019
- Latest episode
- 2 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
35 of 346 episodes have a transcript.
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CR Episode 346: Billy Budd, Part I
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CR Episode 345: The Purloined Letter
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CR Episode 344: The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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CR Episode 346: Billy Budd, Part I
Published 2 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Precisely. And so one of the ways in which you could be dealt with if you were found to be a vagabond, or even suspected of being a vagabond, would be to be impressed either into some kind of labor by a merchant or, most especially, impressed into military service, including in the Royal Navy. […]
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