Critical Readings

CR Episode 132: Idylls of the King, Part V


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The panel reads the last-composed of the Idylls, "Balin and Balan", with attention to the tale's depiction of the conflict between the Old Order and the New Order, the origin and proliferation of rumour and scandal, and the use of shadow as metaphor.Continue reading
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