Prof. Seth Lerer, literature, University of California, San Diego explored the changing nature of medieval and early modern traditions in English lyrics at a lecture Thursday. Lerer introduced ...

The British Academy’s prestigious Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture will take place in Bristol this year. The lecture, on Personifications of old age in medieval poetry, will be given by Professor ...

The Department of English Language and Literature aims to teach all students to write and speak well and to read skillfully, thoughtfully and with pleasure. We offer many courses that stress literary ...

The earliest vernacular literatures of medieval Western Europe were produced in Britain and Ireland in Old English, Gaelic, and Brittonic languages. Our Anglophone world privileges Old English ...

General introduction to major themes in the cultural, intellectual, and institutional history of China and Japan, with some attention to Korea and Southeast Asia. Two lectures, one preceptorial. This ...

Foster your love of literature, film, theatre, creative writing and more. Explore literary cultures from the medieval to the present day, engaging with diverse texts and media from all over the world ...

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It's very likely you've heard of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table – but how many other medieval English heroic or chivalric stories could you name? If the answer is none, you've now got ...

Explore our campus, meet lecturers and current students, and learn more about what it's like to study at Manchester. Ranked sixth in the UK for English language and literature by the QS World ...

Research in the Department of English brings the core values of our discipline-textual scholarship, critical and theoretical analysis, and contextual knowledge, to the dynamic and changing field of ...