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The History of Literature

The History of Literature

A podcast about great books and the people who wrote them

Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate · Jacke Wilson

779 episodesEN

Show overview

The History of Literature has been publishing since 2015, and across the 11 years since has built a catalogue of 779 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 820 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 55 min and 1h 10m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 52 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 107 episodes published. Published by Jacke Wilson.

Episodes
779
Running
2015–2026 · 11y
Median length
1h 2m
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

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].

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812 Talking Classics (with Mary Beard) | My Last Book with Karen Spence

Jun 22, 20261h 2m

811 The Harlem Renaissance [Reclaimed] | My Last Book with Erin Sharkey

Jun 18, 202654 min

810 "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant (with Mike Palindrome)

Jun 15, 20261h 14m

809 Robert Browning | The Dutch Roots of Washington Irving (with Elisabeth Paling Funk)

Jun 11, 20261h 26m

808 A Treacherous Secret Agent - How Literature Spoke Truth to Power During the Red Scare (with Marjorie Garber) | Arthur Miller on Writing "The Crucible"

Jun 8, 202656 min

807 The Story of Stories (with Kevin Ashton) | My Last Book with Ilya Vinitsky and James H McGavran III

Jun 4, 20261h 12m

806 Robert Frost (with Adam Plunkett) | My Last Book with Ursula Buchan

Jun 1, 202653 min

805 Robert Frost Finds a Friend [Revisited]

May 28, 202654 min

804 Shakespeare and Loss (with Sarah Beckwith) | My Last Book with Caroline Lea

May 25, 20261h 3m

803 Literature, Authorship, and the Rise of AI (with Eric Burgess) | My Last Book with Mark Hussey

May 21, 202651 min

802 Colette (with Kathleen Antonioli) | My Last Book with Colombe Schneck

May 18, 202645 min

801 Persuasion by Jane Austen (Revisited)

May 14, 202633 min

800 Shakespeare in Jest (with Indira Ghose) | My Last Book with Nicholson Baker

May 11, 20261h 6m

799.5 Laurie Frankel's Enormous Wings (Revisited) | My Last Book with Julie Gilbert

May 10, 202656 min

799 Emma Smith and Shakespeare's First Folio (Revisited)

May 7, 202648 min

798.5 Thinking Through Shakespeare (with David Womersley) | My Last Book with Ramie Targoff

May 6, 202650 min

798 Emma Smith and Portable Magic - A History of Books and Their Readers (Revisited)

May 4, 202641 min

797 Marion Turner and Chaucer (Revisited)

Apr 30, 202652 min

796 Marion Turner and The Wife of Bath (Revisited)

Apr 27, 202648 min

795 Will Tosh and Queer Shakespeare (Revisited)

Apr 23, 20261h 5m
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