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 >
Tag: English Literature
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 >
Jane Austen on money: How new face of £10 note should be remembered
By Dr Rebecca Bullard, Department of English Literature, University Reading Jane Austen would, I think, have been delighted to feature on the new £10 note. Many of her novels are…Read More >
‘Shakespeare and us’ – University professor to give prestigious Sam Wanamaker Fellowship Lecture at the Globe theatre
By Professor Grace Ioppolo, English Literature professor at the University of Reading, and 2017 Sam Wanamaker Fellow at Shakespeare’s Globe Although the Sam Wanamaker Fellowship Lecture was scheduled several months…Read More >
Books are not absolutely dead things…
Dr Rebecca Bullard from the Department of English Literature asks whether the digital revolution means we no longer have a need for old books? In an attack on the censorship…Read More >