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AVENGERS SPOILERS AT ABOUT 20:00 Our heroes are prepping for a big discussion of The Odyssey. It turns out their old nemesis (?) C.S. Lewis had lots to say about epic poetry, so they begin there. Also they answer a listener query about their Remains of the Day episode. A certain important Pastor who is a Master of Reading is notably absent from this episode, but we promise this will NOT become a thing.

03:00 Donor Shout-out

06:49 Brad asks about Remains of the Day

18:37 Exciting announcement!

19:15 The best thing C.S. Lewis ever wrote

20:00 AVENGERS SPOILERS

21:30 Preface to Preface to Paradise Lost

22:15 Lewis recap

25:00 How to judge an work

34:00 What's an epic?

37:00 No, seriously, what's an epic?

40:58 Poets use common vernacular

42:50 Ritual

44:00 Glory and fate

46:05 What's missing from Homer

49:10 Aside about T.S. Eliot

50:46 Imagination boasters

52:55 The repetitions



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