The History of Literature

A podcast by Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate

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639 Episodes

  1. 625 Louisa May Alcott - The Essays (with Liz Rosenberg)

    Published: 8/5/2024
  2. 624 Top 10 Great Performances (with Laurie Frankel) | My Last Book with James Shapiro

    Published: 7/29/2024
  3. 623 Unpacking a Japanese Masterpiece - The Hakkenden, or Eight Dogs (with Glynne Walley) | Literature and the Olympics

    Published: 7/25/2024
  4. 622 Lesbians in the Archives (with Amelia Possanza)

    Published: 7/22/2024
  5. 621 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

    Published: 7/15/2024
  6. 620 Necromantics (with Renee Fox) | Herman Hesse on What We Learn from Trees

    Published: 7/11/2024
  7. 619 Fred Waitzkin on Kerouac, Hemingway, and His New Novel | My Last Book with Michael Blanding

    Published: 7/8/2024
  8. 618 A Year of Women's Diaries (with Sarah Gristwood) | Sharon Olds | My Last Book with Suzanne Scanlon

    Published: 7/1/2024
  9. 617 Politics and Grace in Early Modern Literature (with Deni Kasa) | Mike Recommends... James Baldwin! | My Last Book with Carlos Allende

    Published: 6/27/2024
  10. 616 Madwomen and Literature (with Suzanne Scanlon) | Sylvia Plath | My Last Book with Adhar Noor Desai

    Published: 6/24/2024
  11. 615 A Conversation with Nicholson Baker | My Last Book with Vera Kutizinski and Anthony Reed

    Published: 6/17/2024
  12. 614 Family Matters (with Bill Eville) | Fatherhood in Three Poems | Storytime with Jacke

    Published: 6/13/2024
  13. 613 Celebrating the Book-Makers (with Adam Smyth) | My Last Book with Christopher de Hamel

    Published: 6/10/2024
  14. 612 Finding Margaret Fuller (with Allison Pataki) | My Last Book with James Marcus

    Published: 6/3/2024
  15. 611 John Buchan (with Ursula Buchan) | My Last Book with Marsha Gordon | A Hemingway Letter

    Published: 5/30/2024
  16. 610 How to Become Famous (with Cass Sunstein) | My Last Book with James MacManus

    Published: 5/27/2024
  17. 609 Swimming in Paris (with Colombe Schneck) | My Last Book with Pardis Dabashi

    Published: 5/20/2024
  18. 608 The Encyclopedia of the Dog (with Jose Vergara) | My Last Book with Gareth Russell

    Published: 5/16/2024
  19. 607 Upton Sinclair and the Muckraking Novelist (with Adelle Waldman) | My Last Book with Edward Chamberlin

    Published: 5/13/2024
  20. 606 Love, Loss, and Literature (with Sophie Ratcliffe)

    Published: 5/6/2024

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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 [email protected].