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
History
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535 The Australian Novelist Who Writes History ...
57 min
202
534 Dostoevsky and "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man"
66 min
203
533 Langston Hughes in Context (with Vera Kutzi...
51 min
204
532 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
61 min
205
530 Martin Amis RIP (with Mike Palindrome)
68 min
206
529 Ten Thousand Things and the Asian American ...
55 min
207
528 Literary Dublin (with Chris Morash) | A Poe...
57 min
208
527 Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies ...
49 min
209
526 "The Wife of His Youth" by Charles Chesnutt
69 min
210
525 Don DeLillo (with Jesse Kavadlo)
59 min
211
524 Growing Old with The Graduate - Mike Nichol...
85 min
212
523 Geoffrey Chaucer (with Marion Turner) | A N...
68 min
213
522 Class, Whiteness, and Southern Literature (...
51 min
214
521 The Empress Messalina (with Honor Cargill-M...
67 min
215
520 "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambr...
43 min
216
519 Shakespeare's First Folio (with Emma Smith)...
59 min
217
518 The Curse of the Marquis de Sade - A Notori...
38 min
218
517 The Marquis de Sade
56 min
219
516 Sappho (with Diane Rayor)
50 min
220
515 The Plague by Albert Camus (with Alice Kapl...
60 min
221
514 Southern Gothic (with David van den Berg) |...
64 min
222
513 The Writers of Northern Ireland (with Alexa...
54 min
223
512 Hannah Arendt (with Samantha Rose Hill) | M...
65 min
224
511 Annie Ernaux, Winner of the 2022 Nobel Priz...
38 min
225
510 The Figure in the Carpet by Henry James (Pa...
101 min