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The History of Literature

The History of Literature

590 Episodes • By Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate • historyofliterature.com
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 faceboo ...more
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602 Thomas Hardy's "Spellbound Palace," The Birthplace of the King James Bible, and a Royal Setting for Shakespeare...
We humans imprint ourselves on our surroundings - an... more
Apr 18 2024 1h 19m
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601 Thomas Hardy (with Margot Livesey)
It's the start of a new hundred episodes! Fresh off ... more
Apr 15 2024 1h 1m
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600 Doctor Johnson! (with Phil Jones) | A Very Special My Last Book (with Rupert Holmes)
It's another milestone for the History of Literature... more
Apr 8 2024 1h 5m
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599 Alejandro Jodorowsky, Filmmaker and Philosopher (with William Egginton) | My Last Book with David Sterling Brow...
While avant-garde filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky mig... more
Apr 4 2024 1h 15m
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598 Forgotten Women of Literature 8 - Charmian Kittredge London (with Iris Jamahl Dunkle) | What's Great About Chri...
Charmian Kittredge London (1871-1955) may be best kn... more
Apr 1 2024 1h 2m
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597 Karl Ove Knausgaard (with Bob Blaisdell) | My Last Book with Nicholas Dames
Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard (b. 1968) becam... more
Mar 25 2024 1h 3m
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596 The Power of Stories (with J Edward Chamberlin) | Taylor Swift and Emily Dickinson | Flannery O'Connor (with Mi...
It's a literary smorgasbord! First, Jacke dives into... more
Mar 18 2024 1h 13m
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595 Machiavelli (with Gabriele Pedulla) | My Last Book with Sarah Ruden
For centuries, Machiavelli has been viewed as everyt... more
Mar 11 2024 55m
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594 Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834... more
Mar 4 2024 1h 12m
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593 Vladimir Propp (with Mike Palindrome) | The Russian Gothic (with Valeria Sobol) | My Last Book with Vanessa Ril...
It's a multi-course literary feast at the History of... more
Feb 26 2024 59m
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592 Virgil (with Sarah Ruden) | Darwin and Gaskell | My Last Book with Tom Holland
Virgil (or Vergil) was the most celebrated poet of A... more
Feb 19 2024 1h 22m
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591 William Wordsworth
Jacke takes a look at the life and works of Romantic... more
Feb 12 2024 1h 11m
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590 Blotted Lines (with Adhaar Noor Desai) | My Last Book with Lara Vetter
How do geniuses compose their poetry and prose? Do t... more
Feb 8 2024 53m
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589 Dante and Friendship (with Elizabeth Coggeshall) | My Last Book with Dr Tara Bynum
We know - or we think we know - what friendship is t... more
Feb 5 2024 1h
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588 China in African Literature (with Duncan Yoon) | My Last Book with Katherine Howe
Many readers today are familiar with the impact that... more
Feb 1 2024 56m
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587 Byron's Letters (with Andrew Stauffer) | My Last Book with Jonathan van Belle
Few writers have achieved the celebrity of the notor... more
Jan 29 2024 54m
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586 The Czech Manuscripts Hoax (with David Cooper) | My Last Book with Jesse Kavadlo
In 1817 and 1818, the discovery of two sets of Czech... more
Jan 25 2024 48m
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585 Plots and the Modern Novelist (with Pardis Dabashi) | My Last Book with Anne Enright
As far back as Aristotle, plots have been viewed as ... more
Jan 22 2024 53m
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584 A Conversation with James MacManus | My Last Book with Peter K Andersson
James MacManus was a foreign correspondent for The G... more
Jan 18 2024 45m
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583 Margaret Cavendish | My Last Book with Patrick Whitmarsh
Philosopher, poet, playwright, science fiction write... more
Jan 15 2024 55m
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582 Tickets, Please by D.H. Lawrence (with Mike Palindrome) | My Last Book with Myron Tuman
Superguest Mike Palindrome joins Jacke for a reading... more
Jan 11 2024 1h 5m
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581 The Venerable Bede (with Michelle P. Brown) | My Last Book with Adrian Edwards
Jacke talks to author Michelle P. Brown about her ne... more
Jan 8 2024 46m
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580 Thoreau at Work (with Jonathan van Belle) | My Last Book with Andrew Pettegree
The evidence is clear: Henry David Thoreau was an in... more
Jan 4 2024 44m
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579 New Year New You! Conversations with Bethanne Patrick and Aislyn Greene
Happy New Year! Jacke kicks off 2024 with two of his... more
Jan 1 2024 1h 20m
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578 Chapters (with Nicholas Dames) | My Last Book (with Hamid Dabashi)
Nicholas Dames (The Chapter: A Segmented History fro... more
Dec 31 2023 54m
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