The History of Literature

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Amateur enthusiast Jacke Wilson journeys through the history of literature, from ancient epics to contemporary classics. Episodes are not in chronological order...

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830 Becoming Stendhal (with Hadley Suter) | A Literary Tribute to Dolly Parton contributed by Lukas · 3 days ago

829 Charlotte Brontë and Her Biographer Elizabeth Gaskell (with Susan Dunne) | My Last Book with Travis Franks | The Odyssey Kerfuffle contributed by Lukas · 7 days ago

828 Confucius (with Mark Csikszentmihalyi) | Celia Bookshop! (with Rachel Pastan) | Jacke in Taiwan contributed by Lukas · 10 days ago

827 American Literature's War on Crime (with Theodore Martin) | W.E.B. DuBois Sits with Shakespeare contributed by Lukas · 17 days ago

826 The Essayist's Essayist - Phillip Lopate on the Pleasures of Reading Washington Irving and Other "Minor Writers" | Notes from the History of Literature Podcast Tour! contributed by Lukas · 21 days ago

825 Henry James's Ghosts (with Morgan Lloyd Malcolm) | My Last Book with David Womersley contributed by Lukas · 24 days ago

824 Why Did Mary Shelley Try to Erase Her? The Claire Clairmont Story (with Emily Franklin) | My Last Book with Mathelinda Nabugodi contributed by Lukas · Aug 17

823 Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, and Shakespeare in a Divided America (with James Shapiro) contributed by Lukas · Aug 13

822 Wild Thoreau (with Lydia Willsky-Ciollo) | My Last Book with Douglas Clark contributed by Lukas · Aug 10

821 A History of the Kiss (with Katie Barclay) | Wonderland Books! (with Amy Joyce and Gayle Weiswasser) 1 h 26 min · Jacke (Jack) Wilson, Katie Barclay, Amy Joyce · contributed by Lukas · Aug 3

820 Irish Radical Poet Eva Gore-Booth (with Sonja Tiernan) contributed by Lukas · Jul 30

819 Robert Louis Stevenson (with Glenda Norquay) | The Rise of HOT Literati | My Last Book with Olivia Wolfgang-Smith contributed by Lukas · Jul 27

818 Muriel Spark (with James Bailey) | My Last Book with J. Michael Lennon contributed by Lukas · Jul 20

817 The Odyssey - Getting Ready for a Summer Blockbuster | My Last Book with Mary Beard 1 h 33 min · Daniel Mendelsohn, Jacke (Jack) Wilson, Mary Beard · contributed by Lukas · Jul 16

816 Gulliver's Travels at 300 (with David Womersley) | My Last Book with Daniel Mendelsohn contributed by Lukas · Jul 13

815 Paddy Chayefsky contributed by Lukas · Jul 6

814 Shakespeare in Translation (with Daniel Hahn) | My Last Book with Indira Ghose contributed by Lukas · Jul 2

813 George Sand (with Fiona Sampson) | My Last Book with Kathleen Antonioli contributed by Lukas · Jun 29

812 Talking Classics (with Mary Beard) | My Last Book with Karen Spence contributed by Lukas · Jun 22

811 The Harlem Renaissance [Reclaimed] | My Last Book with Erin Sharkey contributed by Lukas · Jun 18

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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 historyofliteratur...

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As of 2026-06-23, The History of Literature ranks #180 on Apple Podcasts in Chile, and appears on charts in 1 country.

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Current overall position by country · categories in 🇨🇱 Chile as of 2026-09-16

🇨🇱 Chile #180 News #199 Apple

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First charted2025-12-12

Best ever#152 on Apple Podcasts (Argentina) · 2026-04-15

Days on chart6

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