697 Episodes

  1. 70 Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

    Published: 12/5/2016
  2. 69 Virginia Woolf and Her Enemies (with Professor Andrea Zemgulys) / Children’s Books

    Published: 11/28/2016
  3. 68 Listener Feedback and Thanksgiving Thoughts

    Published: 11/23/2016
  4. 67 Pascal’s Wager and an American Election

    Published: 11/18/2016
  5. 66 James Baldwin, Wallace Stegner, GB Tran, Lois Duncan (with author Shawna Yang Ryan)

    Published: 11/4/2016
  6. 65 Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (with Professor James Chandler)

    Published: 10/28/2016
  7. 64 Dorothy Parker

    Published: 10/24/2016
  8. 63 Chekhov, Bellow, Wright, and Fox (with Charles Baxter)

    Published: 10/14/2016
  9. 62 Bad Poetry

    Published: 10/7/2016
  10. 61 In the Mood for a Good Book – Wharton, Murakami, Chandler, and Fowles (with Vu Tran)

    Published: 9/30/2016
  11. 60 Great Literary Endings

    Published: 9/23/2016
  12. 59 Flannery O’Connor

    Published: 9/16/2016
  13. 58 Wyndham Lewis and the Vorticists (with Professor Paul Peppis)

    Published: 9/9/2016
  14. 57 Borges, Munro, Davis, Barthelme – All About Short Stories (And Long Ones Too)

    Published: 9/2/2016
  15. 56 Shelley, HD, Yeats, Frost, Stevens – The Poetry of Ruins (with Professor Bill Hogan)

    Published: 8/26/2016
  16. 55 James Joyce (with Vincent O’Neill)

    Published: 8/19/2016
  17. 54 The Greatest Books Ever (Part 2)

    Published: 8/12/2016
  18. 53 Romeo and Juliet

    Published: 8/5/2016
  19. 52 Recommend This! The Best 101 Books for College-Bound Readers

    Published: 7/29/2016
  20. 51 Coleridge, Kubla Khan, and the Person from Porlock – A Literary Mystery

    Published: 7/18/2016

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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 historyofliterature.com/donate. Contact the show at [email protected].