124 James Joyce’s “The Dead” (Part 2)

Jacke gets ready for the Halloween season with an episode filled with madness, murder, and ghosts! First, he recounts the story of Romantic period writers Charles and Mary Lamb. Although the brother-sister duo later became famous for their summaries of Shakespeare's tales, they e ...  Show more

What does it mean to live a good life? How can we accomplish it? For more than two thousand years, Western civilization has looked to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics to help answer those questions. In this episode, Jacke talks to translator Robin Waterfield and scholar John Sellar ...  Show more

T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Part Two). The conclusion of our discussion of “Prufrock,” Eliot’s seminal exploration of modern alienation. Professing Literature is officially back! Thanks for your patience during our hiatus. We've got more episodes coming. T ...  Show more

James Joyce is, without question, one of the most famous authors in the English language. Millions of readers have enjoyed (and sometimes struggled with) his groundbreaking novels and short stories. However... that's not all Joyce wrote. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max expl ...  Show more

This isn't an episode of Overdue, it's a Feed Drop! We wanted to share with you an episode of The History of Literature, a podcast about great stories and why we love them.To use host Jacke Wilson's words, the show "takes a fresh look at some of the most compelling examples of cr ...  Show more

⭐ SHOW NOTES THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE at 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Podcast By Edgar Allan Poe First published: 1841 Often called the first modern detective story, Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue introduced the world to a new kind of literary hero: th ...  Show more