The History of Literature
Hosted by Jacke Wilson · Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate
4.6from 2,133 ratings
- 829
- Episodes
- 234
- Transcribed
- 2,133
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
About The History of Literature
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.
- Publisher
- Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate
- Category
- arts · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Oct 2015
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
234 of 829 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
841 Caribbean Romanticism (with Kir Kuiken) | My Last Book with Jonathan Gross
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
840 A History of the Romance Novel (with Dale DeBakcsy)
26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
839 Elizabeth Barrett Browning (with Fiona Sampson) | My Last Book with David Medina
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841 Caribbean Romanticism (with Kir Kuiken) | My Last Book with Jonathan Gross
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so one of the things that begins to happen with the romantics and the ones I look at, not all of them, but what I'm suggesting is this is a strain within romanticism. is an attempt to rethink how society might be related to the earth in a way that isn't about mastery, that isn't about dominance. […]
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- Kir Kuiken
- Jonathan Gross
- Dale DeBakcsy
- Fiona Sampson
- David Medina
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- 4.6 / 5
- 1,115 ratings
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- 4.6 / 5
- 1,018 ratings
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