An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
Episodes Referencing This Book
February 29, 2024
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Referenced in connection with the Battle of Mylae, with the hosts quoting the line 'Stetson, you who were with me in the ships at Mylae' and discussing why Eliot may have chosen this particular battle as a reference to mass slaughter.
June 29, 2023
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Described as 'probably the single most influential poem written in English of the 20th century' and discussed in relation to the Holy Grail mythology and Jesse Weston's influence on it.
December 29, 2022
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Mentioned as one of the landmark works of 1922 modernism, quoted with 'these fragments I shored against my ruin'
January 13, 2022
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Discussed as the other landmark literary work of 1922, described as 'the greatest poem in English written in the 20th century,' published in October in The Criterion magazine
December 20, 2021
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Mentioned in connection with 1922 and the description of people crossing London Bridge, referenced when discussing the atmosphere of the City of London