#53: Brideshead Revisited, Chapters 3-4

Close Reads Podcast

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Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their discussion of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel, Brideshead Revisited, focusing on chapters 3-4.

Topics include:

Tim's upcoming vacation
A comparison of Charles family and Sebastian's family
Sebastian's faith and Charles lack thereof
Sebastian and Charles' youth and what it means
The aesthetic theology of the book
Aesthetics as a road to faith
and more...

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Close Reads on the Circe Institute Podcast Network.
0:09.4	I'm David Kern.
0:10.6	And as always, on Close Rees, I am joined by Anjitim, Angelina Stanford and Tim McIntosh.
0:19.6	I'm just excited that I still get top billing with Anja Tim, so I'm good.
0:24.8	It's hard to do Tim manja.
0:27.5	Tingelina?
0:28.4	Tingelina just doesn't roll off the tongue.
0:32.2	Tim Jalina.
0:34.9	Ooh, that's an interesting one.
0:36.6	I don't know.
0:36.9	That might, that one might have to do that one time.
0:39.3	Well, anyway, we are here to talk about books.
0:42.4	We are here to talk in this particular episode.
0:44.9	What Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Watt, chapters three and four.
0:48.8	But first, before we do that, I figure being friends and trying to be polite and all,
0:55.4	I should inquire as to your current well-being. So consider the question asked.
1:00.2	Wow. That was the most natural lead-in I've ever heard.
1:04.9	How deeply meaningful, David. I am doing so well. How are you doing it? And also with you, and also with you.
1:14.4	Well, you know, since you asked.
1:23.4	Just kidding.
1:25.0	So, no, really, though, how's it going?
1:26.9	Let me just put it this way.
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