Walt Whitman – Jacke Wilson

July 5, 2022

The History of Literature #413 – Walt Whitman – “Song of Myself”

In this episode, we resume our look at Walt Whitman’s life and body of work, focusing in particular on the years 1840-1855. Did Whitman’s teaching career end with him being tarred and feathered by an angry mob, as has long been rumored? What happened during his three months in New Orleans? And how did this Continue reading

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Literature, Poetry, Song of Myself, Walt Whitman

May 31, 2022

The History of Literature #411 – Walt Whitman – A New Hope

In 1844, Ralph Waldo Emerson called for a new poet who would reflect the spirit and potential of America. In 1855, a then-unknown poet named Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass, his attempt to fulfill Emerson’s wish. In this episode, Jacke looks at Whitman’s early life and career, contrasting Leaves of Grass with the works of a pair Continue reading

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Literature, Poetry, spirit of America, Walt Whitman

June 30, 2021

The History of Literature #291 – The Book of Firsts (with Ulrich Baer and Smaran Dayal)

Ever wonder who wrote the first play in the North American colonies? Or who was the first published African American poet? Or what year it was when an Arab American first published a novel in the United States? Or who wrote the first published gay-themed poetry in America? The answers to all of the above Continue reading

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iroquois creation myth, jupiter hammon, phyllis wheatley, robert hunter, sui sin far, Tagscarl sadakichi hartmann, Walt Whitman

September 26, 2017

History of Literature #111 – The Americanest American – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:45 — 42.7MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS | More In 1984, the literary scholar Harold Bloom had this to say about Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Emerson is the mind of our climate, the principal source of the American difference in poetry, criticism and pragmatic post-philosophy…. Emerson, by no means the greatest American writer… is the inescapable Continue reading

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Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, ralph waldo emerson, transcendentalism, Walt Whitman

November 15, 2015

Sneak Preview: Abandoning a Goddess

Dear Readers and Listeners, It’s a heavy-hearted weekend for the world. All of our very best wishes for peace, love, and safety to our friends in Paris. Let’s hope we somehow learn to end the madness of hatred and violence. This week on the History of Literature Podcast, we’ll take a deeper look at the Continue reading

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November 12, 2015

The Restless Mind Show 5 – Gar Discovers a Lost Recording of Walt Whitman!

Gar finds a lost recording of Walt Whitman reading his own poetry! Plus: Author Jacke Wilson gives an update on the Greatest First Lines contest. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:27 — 20.5MB) Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS | More Subscribe Options Continue reading

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November 11, 2015

Exciting Discovery Revealed Tomorrow!

WOW! I don’t want to overpromise until I hear more details, but it sounds like tomorrow will be a Very Big Day for The History of Literature Podcast. Here’s a hint: Come back tomorrow for the Restless Mind Show when all will be revealed. Or just subscribe to the History of Literature Podcast (iTunes | Android | RSS Continue reading

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