The History of Literature

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.

Books
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789 The 25 Greatest Books of All Time (with Mik...
72 min
27
788 John Ruskin (with Bob Blaisdell) | My Last ...
48 min
28
787 Why Poetry with Matthew Zapruder Encore
58 min
29
786 Cherokee Novelist and Poet John Rollin Ridg...
53 min
30
785 Literature in an Age of Anti-Immigration Se...
75 min
31
784 Marcus Aurelius: Philosopher-King (with Wil...
62 min
32
783 Southern Imagining (with Elleke Boehmer) | ...
52 min
33
782 Consent in the Regency Novel (with Zoë McGee)
61 min
34
781 Laurie Frankel's Enormous Wings | My Last B...
63 min
35
780 Chekhov on Writing (with Bob Blaisdell)
45 min
36
779 Ernest Hemingway and The Sun Also Rises (wi...
63 min
37
778 A History of Aphorisms (with James Geary) |...
53 min
38
777 T.S. Eliot's "Preludes" | "The Story of the...
80 min
39
776 Mary Shelley in Bath (with Fiona Sampson) |...
66 min
40
775 Celebrity Authorship in the Nineteenth Cent...
51 min
41
774 Robert Louis Stevenson (with Leo Damrosch)
54 min
42
773 The Films of Rob Reiner (with Mike Palindro...
73 min
43
772 Thucydides and The History of the Peloponne...
61 min
44
771 Shakespeare and the Generation of Genius - ...
72 min
45
770 Shakespeare and Civility (with Indira Ghose...
50 min
46
769 The European Byron (with Jonathan Gross) | ...
62 min
47
768 Young James Baldwin (with Nicholas Boggs) |...
53 min
48
767 A Black Woman in the Romantic Archive (with...
43 min
49
766 Gertrude Stein (with Francesca Wade) | Rusk...
60 min
50
765 Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne ...
66 min