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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772 Thucydides and The History of the Peloponnesian War (with Polly Low and Robin Waterfield) | My Last Book with James West contributed by Lukas · Feb 2

771 Shakespeare and the Generation of Genius - The Role of Performing Arts in education (with Robin Lithgow) - RECLAIMED contributed by Lukas · Jan 29

770 Shakespeare and Civility (with Indira Ghose) | Robert W. Service and "The Cremation of Sam McGee" contributed by Lukas · Jan 26

769 The European Byron (with Jonathan Gross) | The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (#3 GBOAT) contributed by Lukas · Jan 22

768 Young James Baldwin (with Nicholas Boggs) | My Last Book with Bruce Robbins contributed by Lukas · Jan 19

767 A Black Woman in the Romantic Archive (with Mathelinda Nabugodi) | My Last Book with Richard Kopley contributed by Lukas · Jan 15

766 Gertrude Stein (with Francesca Wade) | Ruskin on the Only One Way to Get Art | My Last Book with Holly Baggett contributed by Lukas · Jan 12

765 Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne (with Mike Palindrome) contributed by Lukas · Jan 8

764 Two Thousand Years of Roman History (with Edward J. Watts) | My Last Book with Nathan Hensley contributed by Lukas · Jan 5

763 Emily's Desk Drawer contributed by Lukas · Jan 1

762 The History of the Sonnet contributed by Lukas · Dec 29, 2025

761 The Story of the Nativity (with Stephen Mitchell) | The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (#4 Greatest Book of All Time) contributed by Lukas · Dec 24, 2025

760 Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, and Ebeneezer Scrooge contributed by Lukas · Dec 22, 2025

759 The Godfather (with Karen Spence) | My Last Book with Elyse Graham contributed by Lukas · Dec 18, 2025

758 Jane Austen in 41 Objects (with Kathryn Sutherland) | 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (#5 Greatest Book of All Time) contributed by Lukas · Dec 15, 2025

757 George Orwell's 1984 (#6 Greatest Book of All Time) contributed by Lukas · Dec 11, 2025

756 Newly Discovered Stories by Virginia Woolf (with Urmila Seshagiri) | My Last Book with Jake Poller contributed by Lukas · Dec 8, 2025

755 The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear (with Nan Z. Da) | My Last Book with Iris Jamahl Dunkle contributed by Lukas · Dec 4, 2025

754 Christopher Marlowe (with Stephen Greenblatt) | My Last Book with Eric White contributed by Lukas · Dec 1, 2025

753 Tenth-Anniversary Special (with Mike Palindrome and Laurie Frankel) | Giving Thanks | My Last Book with Eve Dunbar contributed by Lukas · Nov 26, 2025

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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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