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 historyofliteraturepodcast@gmail.com.

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118 Oscar’s Ghost – The Battle for Oscar Wilde’s Legacy (with Laura Lee) 2017-11-14
117 Machiavelli and The Prince 2017-11-03
116 Ghost Stories! 2017-10-28
115 The Genius of Alice Munro 2017-10-23
114 Christopher Marlowe – What Happened and What If? 2017-10-16
112 The Novelist and the Witch-Doctor – Unpacking Nabokov’s Case Against Freud (with Joshua Ferris) 2017-09-30
111 The Americanest American – Ralph Waldo Emerson 2017-09-25
110 Heart of Darkness – Then and Now 2017-09-18
109 Women of Mystery (with Christina Kovac) 2017-09-13
108 Beowulf (aka Need a Hero? Get a Grip…) 2017-09-07
107 The Man and the Myth – Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes (with Mattias Bostrom) 2017-08-31
106 Literature Goes to the Movies, Part Two – Flops, Bombs, and Stinkeroos 2017-08-24
105 Funny Women, Crimes Against Book Clubs, George Orwell, and More (with Kathy Cooperman) 2017-08-17
104 King Lear 2017-08-10
102 Pablo Neruda 2017-07-27
100 The Greatest Books with Numbers in the Title 2017-07-06
99 History and Mystery (with Radha Vatsal) 2017-06-29
98 Great Literary Feuds 2017-06-22
97 Dad Poetry (with Professor Bill) 2017-06-15
96 Dracula, Lolita, and the Power of Volcanoes (with Jim Shepard) 2017-06-08
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