children’s literature
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The History of Literature #442 — Prince, Emperor, Sage – Bābur and the Bāburnāma (with Anuradha)
The warrior and leader known as Bābur (1483-1530) had the kind of life one might expect from the descendant of Timur (Tamburlaine) on his father’s side and Genghis Khan on his mother’s. Elevated to the throne at age 12, and thrown into a world of battles and defeats, he eventually founded the Mughal Empire in Continue reading
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The History of Literature #251 – Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was a naturalist, a conservationist, and a highly successful children’s book author and illustrator, whose stories of Peter Rabbit and other anthropomorphized animals have sold more than 150 million copies in at least 35 languages. But who was Beatrix Potter? What kind of childhood did she have? How did she, as an Continue reading
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The History of Literature #233 – CS Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was an Irish-born writer who spent most of his adult life in Oxford and Cambridge, studying, teaching, enjoying the company of friends (including J.R.R. Tolkien) – and also writing some of the most widely read and influential books of his era. He wrote some works of scholarship, as might be expected Continue reading
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History of Literature #126 – Animals in Literature (Part One)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:38 — 39.9MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Play | Stitcher | RSS | More Inspired by a listener’s heartfelt request, we take a look at an often overlooked subject: animals in literature. In this episode, a precursor to a forthcoming Draft with President Mike (i.e., “The 10 Best Animals in Literature”), Jacke considers the earliest mentions of animals Continue reading
Jacke Wilson 