Jul 20, 2026 · not_requested
818 Muriel Spark (with James Bailey) | My Last Book with J. Michael Lennon
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- 4397
Podcast
The History of Literature
- Author
- Jacke Wilson
- Feed episode count
- 785
- Official site
- https://historyofliterature.com
Summary
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].
Episodes
Jul 16, 2026 · not_requested
817 The Odyssey - Getting Ready for a Summer Blockbuster | My Last Book with Mary Beard
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- 5402
Jul 13, 2026 · not_requested
816 Gulliver's Travels at 300 (with David Womersley) | My Last Book with Daniel Mendelsohn
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- 4207
Jul 6, 2026 · not_requested
815 Paddy Chayefsky
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- 6002
Jul 2, 2026 · not_requested
814 Shakespeare in Translation (with Daniel Hahn) | My Last Book with Indira Ghose
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- 4025
Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested
813 George Sand (with Fiona Sampson) | My Last Book with Kathleen Antonioli
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- 3897
Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested
812 Talking Classics (with Mary Beard) | My Last Book with Karen Spence
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- 3745
Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested
811 The Harlem Renaissance [Reclaimed] | My Last Book with Erin Sharkey
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- 3295
Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested
810 "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant (with Mike Palindrome)
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- 4472
Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested
809 Robert Browning | The Dutch Roots of Washington Irving (with Elisabeth Paling Funk)
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- 5172
Jun 8, 2026 · not_requested
808 A Treacherous Secret Agent - How Literature Spoke Truth to Power During the Red Scare (with Marjorie Garber) | Arthur Miller on Writing "The Crucible"
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- 3405
Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested
807 The Story of Stories (with Kevin Ashton) | My Last Book with Ilya Vinitsky and James H McGavran III
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- 4329
Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested
806 Robert Frost (with Adam Plunkett) | My Last Book with Ursula Buchan
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- 3202
May 28, 2026 · not_requested
805 Robert Frost Finds a Friend [Revisited]
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- 3288
May 25, 2026 · not_requested
804 Shakespeare and Loss (with Sarah Beckwith) | My Last Book with Caroline Lea
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- 3837
May 21, 2026 · not_requested
803 Literature, Authorship, and the Rise of AI (with Eric Burgess) | My Last Book with Mark Hussey
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- 3066
May 18, 2026 · not_requested
802 Colette (with Kathleen Antonioli) | My Last Book with Colombe Schneck
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- 2731
May 14, 2026 · not_requested
801 Persuasion by Jane Austen (Revisited)
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- 2036
May 11, 2026 · not_requested
800 Shakespeare in Jest (with Indira Ghose) | My Last Book with Nicholson Baker
- Duration seconds
- 4001
May 10, 2026 · not_requested
799.5 Laurie Frankel's Enormous Wings (Revisited) | My Last Book with Julie Gilbert
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- 3391
May 7, 2026 · not_requested
799 Emma Smith and Shakespeare's First Folio (Revisited)
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- 2938
May 6, 2026 · not_requested
798.5 Thinking Through Shakespeare (with David Womersley) | My Last Book with Ramie Targoff
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- 3040
May 4, 2026 · not_requested
798 Emma Smith and Portable Magic - A History of Books and Their Readers (Revisited)
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- 2478
Apr 30, 2026 · not_requested
797 Marion Turner and Chaucer (Revisited)
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- 3169
Apr 27, 2026 · not_requested
796 Marion Turner and The Wife of Bath (Revisited)
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- 2902
Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested
795 Will Tosh and Queer Shakespeare (Revisited)
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- 3932
Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested
794 E.T.A. Hoffmann (with Ritchie Robertson) | My Last Book with Gerri Kimber
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- 3870
Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested
793 The Secret Order of Shandeans: Laurence Sterne in Early Soviet Russia (with Peter Budrin) | My Last Book with Edward Watts
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- 2906
Apr 13, 2026 · not_requested
792 Death and Decay in Early Modern Lyric Poetry (with Eileen Sperry) | My Last Book with Bruce Gordon
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- 3691
Apr 9, 2026 · not_requested
791 Emilia Lanier (a.k.a Aemilia Bassano Lanyer) Revisited
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- 4027
Apr 6, 2026 · not_requested
790 Madness and Myth (with Natasha Joukovsky) | My Last Book with Kimberly Lau
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- 3506
Apr 2, 2026 · not_requested
789 The 25 Greatest Books of All Time (with Mike Palindrome) | My Last Book with Cass Sunstein
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- 4572
Mar 30, 2026 · not_requested
788 John Ruskin (with Bob Blaisdell) | My Last Book with Francesca Wade
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- 3099
Mar 26, 2026 · not_requested
787 Why Poetry with Matthew Zapruder Encore
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- 3672
Mar 23, 2026 · not_requested
786 Cherokee Novelist and Poet John Rollin Ridge (with Travis Franks)
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- 3427
Mar 19, 2026 · not_requested
785 Literature in an Age of Anti-Immigration Sentiment (with Daniel Olivas) | My Last Book with Janet Todd
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- 4711
Mar 16, 2026 · not_requested
784 Marcus Aurelius: Philosopher-King (with William O. Stephens)
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- 3986
Mar 12, 2026 · not_requested
783 Southern Imagining (with Elleke Boehmer) | My Last Book with John McMurtrie
- Duration seconds
- 3331