Nathan Gorelick traces literary criticism and psychoanalysis to their shared origins during the 17th and 18th centuries.

"A distinguished list of contributors provide an absorbing authoritative account of the reception of the 1611 Bible and its continuing effect on modern literature." -Frank Kermode "This is a superb ...

The Modern Peninsular Literature and Culture area encourages theoretical and historical work in all literary genres (prose, poetry, essay, theatre and film). It is committed to exploring the ...

47, Issue. 1, p. 137. This is the first comprehensive study of sympathy in the early modern period, providing a deeply researched and interdisciplinary examination of its development in Anglophone ...

The programme offers four pathways, which build on the core research strengths of the department: Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature Romantic and Victorian Literature 20th Century and ...

Study post-1900 literature in all its geographical, formal and thematic complexity and diversity. Explore a variety of critical and theoretical approaches to modern and contemporary writing. Study at ...

We are proud of our expertise in medieval and early-modern literature, in Romantic and Victorian literature, in modernism, and in contemporary writing in English. The department is notable for its ...