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Emily Wilson returns to take on another twelve vital works of Greek and Roman literature with the LRB’s Thomas Jones, loosely themed around truth and lies.
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Emily Wilson returns to take on another twelve vital works of Greek and Roman literature with the LRB’s Thomas Jones, loosely themed around truth and lies.
Adam Shatz considers revolutionary thought in the 20th century in conversation with three different interlocutors: Judith Butler, Pankaj Mishra and Brent Hayes Edwards.
In which Clare Bucknell and Colin Burrow attempt to chart a stable course through some of the most unruly, vulgar, savage and hilarious works in all of English literature.
Emily Wilson, classicist and translator of the Odyssey, and the LRB’s Thomas Jones, on some of the greatest works of Ancient Greek and Roman literature, from Homer to Horace. If you subscribed to the series in 2022 or 2023, you can access your subscriber area through here.
From dragons and one-eyed giants to divine visions and friendly otters, Irina Dumitrescu and Mary Wellesley roam the strange and wonderful literary landscape of the Middle Ages.
For the third series of their ‘revolutionary *****’ (The Times) discussions, Mark Ford and Seamus Perry consider the long poem and the short story.
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