Is Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book a simple allegory for colonial rule in India? Or is it about what it is to belong, and to be human? Ahead of her…Read More >
English Literature
Ayn Rand from the left: questioning Rand through literary theory, questioning literary theory through Rand
A one-day conference at the University of Reading Speakers: Professor Ian Parker – Rand, Libertarianism and Psychoanalysis Dr Jan de Vos – Rand and Psychologization Dr Krissie West – Atlas…Read More >
Ayn Rand from the left: academics gather to examine Trump’s favourite author
Ayn Rand’s books have been made into films, topped bestseller lists and admired by capitalists from Reagan to Trump. Until now, left-leaning thinkers have failed to take her seriously –…Read More >
Digital Epitaphs Workshop
Digital Epitaphs A workshop at the University of Reading Friday 18th May, 11am-12.30pm Edith Morley 175 ‘To afford a subject for heroic poems is the privilege of very few, but every…Read More >
Jon Smith: Vibrant localism: the story of Common Ground
MERL SEMINAR SERIES: RURAL RIDERS AND RADICALS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND MERL SPEAKER SERIES 2018 Booking recommended – BOOK TICKETS VENUE: The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road, RG1…Read More >
James Grande: Radical Tours and Rustic Harangues
MERL SEMINAR SERIES: RURAL RIDERS AND RADICALS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND MERL SPEAKER SERIES 2018 Booking recommended – BOOK TICKETS VENUE: The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road, RG1…Read More >
Simon Kovesi: John Clare and Place
MERL SEMINAR SERIES: RURAL RIDERS AND RADICALS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND MERL SPEAKER SERIES 2018 Booking recommended – BOOK TICKETS VENUE: The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road, RG1…Read More >
Grisly ‘love poem’ anniversary allows reflection on changing attitudes towards women
by Professor Peter Stoneley, Head of Department, English Literature, University of Reading A poem about a man who murdered his wife isn’t an obvious choice for Valentine’s Day, but Oscar…Read More >
Clover Stroud: The Wild Other: On Landscape and Grief
MERL SEMINAR SERIES: RURAL RIDERS AND RADICALS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND MERL SPEAKER SERIES 2018 Booking recommended – BOOK TICKETS VENUE: The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road, RG1…Read More >
Poems about places and pasts: an extract from ‘On Magnetism’
Steven Matthews is professor of English Literature, University of Reading. His latest book of poetry, On Magnetism, was launched this week. It features poems about loss and remembrance, about the relation…Read More >
