124 James Joyce’s “The Dead” (Part 2)

As Jacke and Emma get ready for the History of Literature Podcast Tour, they're revisiting some past interviews with special guests. In this episode, Jacke talks to Will Tosh, Director of Research at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, about his book Straight Acting: The Hidden Queer Li ...  Show more

In addition to being an accomplished lawyer and a highly influential music critic, the nineteenth-century German Romantic Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) also wrote pioneering works of crime and horror fiction, including The Sandman, Mademoiselle de Scuderi, and The Nu ...  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 ...

This episode will see the first in a series of episodes dedicated to one terrifying author and the fear that they can create. For this evening’s event, we have compiled a collection of stories from the works of Manchester-based author, Gareth Shore. For you, this Ray Bradbury-ins ...  Show more

One of Marcelle's favorite books is The Night Circus, so she decided to be brave and do an entire episode about the best-selling fantasy novel by Erin Morgenstern. Why brave? Well because sometimes it's hard to think critically about something you love! We all know that. ;) Th ...

À la fin du XIXe siècle, à Paris, la jeune et belle Mathilde Loisel reçoit une invitation à un bal. Sa vie va alors prendre un virage inattendu ! "La Parure" figure parmi les œuvres incontournables de Guy de Maupassant. Il s'agit d'une nouvelle assez courte, publiée en 1884, et q ...  Show more