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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534 Dostoevsky and "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" contributed by Lukas · Jul 27, 2023
533 Langston Hughes in Context (with Vera Kutzinski and Anthony Reed) | My Last Book with Melissa Homestead contributed by Lukas · Jul 24, 2023
532 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky contributed by Lukas · Jul 20, 2023
530 Martin Amis RIP (with Mike Palindrome) contributed by Lukas · Jul 13, 2023
529 Ten Thousand Things and the Asian American Experience (with Shin Yu Pai) | My Last Book with Ross Benjamin contributed by Lukas · Jul 10, 2023
528 Literary Dublin (with Chris Morash) | A Poem by Shin Yu Pai | My Last Book with John Higgs contributed by Lukas · Jul 6, 2023
527 Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies (with Elizabeth Winkler) | My Last Book with Megan Marshall contributed by Lukas · Jul 3, 2023
526 "The Wife of His Youth" by Charles Chesnutt contributed by Lukas · Jun 29, 2023
525 Don DeLillo (with Jesse Kavadlo) contributed by Lukas · Jun 26, 2023
524 Growing Old with The Graduate - Mike Nichols, Roger Ebert, Charles Webb, and Me contributed by Lukas · Jun 22, 2023
523 Geoffrey Chaucer (with Marion Turner) | A New Podcast About the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike (with AFSCME President Lee Saunders) contributed by Lukas · Jun 19, 2023
522 Class, Whiteness, and Southern Literature (with Jolene Hubbs) | My Last Book with Mark Cirino contributed by Lukas · Jun 15, 2023
521 The Empress Messalina (with Honor Cargill-Martin) | My Last Book with Robert Chandler contributed by Lukas · Jun 12, 2023
520 "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce contributed by Lukas · Jun 8, 2023
519 Shakespeare's First Folio (with Emma Smith) | My Last Book with Luke Parker contributed by Lukas · Jun 5, 2023
518 The Curse of the Marquis de Sade - A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History (with Joel Warner) | My Last Book with Diane Rayor contributed by Lukas · Jun 1, 2023
517 The Marquis de Sade contributed by Lukas · May 29, 2023
516 Sappho (with Diane Rayor) contributed by Lukas · May 25, 2023
515 The Plague by Albert Camus (with Alice Kaplan and Laura Marris) | My Last Book with Alison Strayer contributed by Lukas · May 22, 2023
514 Southern Gothic (with David van den Berg) | My Last Book with Jason Feifer contributed by Lukas · May 18, 2023
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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 2026-09-22, The History of Literature ranks #33 in the News category on Apple Podcasts in the Philippines.

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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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CategoriesNews · Arts