The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate

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Amateur enthusiast Jacke Wilson journeys through the history of literature, from ancient epics to contemporary classics. Episodes are not in chronological order and you don't need to start at the beginning - feel free to jump in wherever you like! Find out more at historyofliterature.com and facebook.com/historyofliterature. Support the show by visiting patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. Contact the show at historyofliteraturepodcast@gmail.com.

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Recent episodes

  • 835 Blackness in Iran (with Amy Motlagh) | My Last Book with Nicholas BoggsOct 8, 2026 · 46 min
  • 834 Shakespeare's Scholars (with Sean Keilen) | My Last Book with Nan Z. DaOct 5, 2026 · 55 min
  • 833 Galahad and the Grail (with Malcolm Guite)Sep 28, 2026 · 55 min
  • 832 Stendhal [Revisited]Sep 24, 2026 · 48 min
  • 831 Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" (with Rachel Pastan) | My Last Book with David DenbySep 21, 2026 · 59 min
  • 830 Becoming Stendhal (with Hadley Suter) | A Literary Tribute to Dolly PartonSep 20, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min
  • 829 Charlotte Brontë and Her Biographer Elizabeth Gaskell (with Susan Dunne) | My Last Book with Travis Franks | The Odyssey KerfuffleSep 10, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
  • 828 Confucius (with Mark Csikszentmihalyi) | Celia Bookshop! (with Rachel Pastan) | Jacke in TaiwanSep 7, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min
  • 827 American Literature's War on Crime (with Theodore Martin) | W.E.B. DuBois Sits with ShakespeareAug 31, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min
  • 826 The Essayist's Essayist - Phillip Lopate on the Pleasures of Reading Washington Irving and Other "Minor Writers" | Notes from the History of Literature Podcast Tour!Aug 27, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min

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