EP15 – Take My Eyes | Shakespeare, King Lear (Part Two)
William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act Four, Scene Five. Lear has lost his kingdom, his family, his security and his sanity. When he encounters his old friend the Earl of Gloucester, who has been savag...
20 Jun 20231h 29min
EP14 - Not Altogether Fool | Shakespeare, King Lear (Part One)
William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act One, Scene Four. Looking forward to an easy retirement, where he can maintain the honours of kingship with none of the responsibilities, King Lear abdicates, and b...
21 Apr 20231h 27min
EP13 – Beyond the Sunset | Tennyson, Ulysses
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ulysses. Homer tells of how the mighty king of Ithaca arrived home after twenty years of war and wandering. However, in Tennyson’s monologue, one of the best-loved poems of th...
24 Jan 20231h 33min
EP12 - The Winter Road | Bronte, Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Chapter 12. Late on a winter afternoon a young woman is walking from the country manor where she works toward the neighbouring village. Jane Eyre has known great sadness...
3 Jan 20231h 21min
EP11 - An Old Woman and a Little Girl | St. Luke’s Gospel
St. Luke’s Gospel 8:40-56. In this episode Professing Literature tackles the New Testament. We discuss two intertwined miracle stories in Luke’s Gospel: a healing and a resurrection. Though the st...
18 Nov 20221h 15min
Retrospective 01 | From Macbeth to Midsummer (Episodes 1-10)
David and Eric look back over the first series (episodes 1-10) of Professing Literature and David answers some listener questions. We got a great response from listeners and some great questions about...
8 Aug 20221h
EP10 - A Night In the Forest | Shakespeare, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act Four, Scene One. When four young aristocrats and a weaver spend a night in the forest outside of Athens they cross into the world of the faeries. The next morning they s...
27 Jun 20221h 8min
EP09 - At the Violet Hour | Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Part Two)
T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Part Two). The conclusion of our discussion of “Prufrock,” Eliot’s seminal exploration of modern alienation. Professing Literature is officially...
6 Mai 20221h 24min
