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Back to Search598 Forgotten Women of Literature 8 - Charmian Kittredge London (with Iris Jamahl Dunkle) | What's Great About Christopher Isherwood (with Mike Palindrome) | My Last Book with Duncan Yoon
Episode 598
Charmian Kittredge London (1871-1955) may be best known as the wife of the famous American writer Jack London, but she was herself a literary trailb…
2 years, 2 months ago
597 Karl Ove Knausgaard (with Bob Blaisdell) | My Last Book with Nicholas Dames
Episode 597
Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard (b. 1968) became known in his home country - or at least its literary circles - when he put out two well-receive…
2 years, 2 months ago
596 The Power of Stories (with J Edward Chamberlin) | Taylor Swift and Emily Dickinson | Flannery O'Connor (with Mike Palindrome) | My Last Book with Shin Yu Pai
Episode 596
It's a literary smorgasbord! First, Jacke dives into the recent news of the surprising connection between Taylor Swift and Emily Dickinson. Next, he …
2 years, 2 months ago
595 Machiavelli (with Gabriele Pedulla) | My Last Book with Sarah Ruden
Episode 595
For centuries, Machiavelli has been viewed as everything from an insightful pragmatist to the mouthpiece of Satan. In this episode, Jacke talks to It…
2 years, 2 months ago
594 Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Episode 594
The Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) has been called the last person to have read everything. He is also one of the greatest poet-cr…
2 years, 2 months ago
593 Vladimir Propp (with Mike Palindrome) | The Russian Gothic (with Valeria Sobol) | My Last Book with Vanessa Riley
Episode 593
It's a multi-course literary feast at the History of Literature Podcast! Today we serve up some thoughts on books and the arts from Galileo Galilei; …
2 years, 3 months ago
592 Virgil (with Sarah Ruden) | Darwin and Gaskell | My Last Book with Tom Holland
Episode 592
Virgil (or Vergil) was the most celebrated poet of Ancient Rome - and also one of the most enigmatic. In this episode, Jacke talks to biographer and …
2 years, 3 months ago
591 William Wordsworth
Episode 591
Jacke takes a look at the life and works of Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850).
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2 years, 3 months ago
590 Blotted Lines (with Adhaar Noor Desai) | My Last Book with Lara Vetter
Episode 590
How do geniuses compose their poetry and prose? Do they carefully and laboriously revise until they achieve perfection? Or does perfection just flow …
2 years, 3 months ago
589 Dante and Friendship (with Elizabeth Coggeshall) | My Last Book with Dr Tara Bynum
Episode 589
We know - or we think we know - what friendship is today, but what did it mean to Dante? In this episode, Jacke travels back to the Middle Ages with …
2 years, 3 months ago