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The History of Literature
by Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 27 | #158 | #127 |
| Oct 26 | #171 | #142 |
| Oct 25 | #183 | #153 |
| Oct 24 | #188 | #158 |
| Oct 23 | #187 | #157 |
| Oct 22 | #174 | #144 |
| Oct 21 | #182 | #152 |
| Oct 20 | #181 | #151 |
| Oct 19 | #171 | #141 |
| Oct 18 | #194 | #164 |
| Oct 15 | — | #175 |
| Oct 14 | #185 | #154 |
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839 Elizabeth Barrett Browning (with Fiona Sampson) | My Last Book with David Medina
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838 The Emerson Circle (with Bruce Nichols) | Life Hack! Could This Simple Trick Help You Read More?
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837 Ghost Month (with Simon Wroe) | Madness and Murder - The Story of Charles and Mary Lamb
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836 Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (with Robin Waterfield and John Sellars) | My Last Book with Daniel Olivas
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835 Blackness in Iran (with Amy Motlagh) | My Last Book with Nicholas Boggs
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834 Shakespeare's Scholars (with Sean Keilen) | My Last Book with Nan Z. Da
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833 Galahad and the Grail (with Malcolm Guite)
September 28, 2026 · 55 minEverywhere we look, we see the benefits of the modern world. But what have we lost? In this episode, Jacke talks to Malcolm Guite about his new book Galahad and the Grail, the first of a four-volume Arthuriad, which poetically retells the…
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832 Stendhal [Revisited]
September 24, 2026 · 48 minAs we recently discussed with Hadley Suter, nineteenth-century French novelist Stendhal (1783-1842) came of age in an era when identity was up for grabs. So who was he? How did he view himself? What did he write, and why do we care so much…
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830 Becoming Stendhal (with Hadley Suter) | A Literary Tribute to Dolly Parton
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829 Charlotte Brontë and Her Biographer Elizabeth Gaskell (with Susan Dunne) | My Last Book with Travis Franks | The Odyssey Kerfuffle
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September 7, 2026 · 1 hr 22 minWhat do we know about the Chinese philosopher and teacher Confucius? Although people have written biographies of Confucius for over 2,000 years, a recent discovery of a Chinese tomb containing the oldest written account of his life gives…
About the show
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.