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The Blazing World is an amazing vision which ends as bewilderingly as it begins, making the reader’s head spin.
Marlowe’s artistic brilliance was arguably more concentrated, his imagination more original and his ideas more daring than Shakespeare’s.
Diary-writers across history have expressed the sense of relief that writing from the heart can bring. Could English essays have the same benefits?
Many literary masterpieces are long and wordy, But reading them can bring surprising benefits, beyond sheer pleasure. Here’s how to tackle the classics.
Although romance fraud is a 21st-century term, through the character of Havisham, Dickens clearly demonstrated its often-devastating effects.
George Eliot saw literature as uniquely capable of extending our sympathies, but her work engaged deeply with scientific questions too.
First published in 1725, Fantomina tells of a woman who adopts disguises to keep her lover’s attention. While avoiding moralism, it skirts questions of consent.
Big Kiss, Bye-Bye explores the psychological fallout from a broken relationship and the human tendency to seek shelter in illusions.
Departure(s) sketches out the limits of Julian Barnes’ aspirations for his art.
Celebrating literary anniversaries centres on many things including cultural connection, nostalgia, pride and a sense of belonging.
Was the premature death of Shakespeare’s only son really the inspiration for Hamlet?
The essay form is a response to minds, art, communities and culture, understood through a writer’s body, intellect and being.
Chaucer and Shakespeare lived through periods of weird weather not unlike what we are seeing today. So what can we learn from their writing?
The fifth episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail explores Austen’s view of writing through the pages of Northanger Abbey.
An academic has used ten of Iris Murdoch’s novels and some newly discovered poems to illuminate scientific concepts.
Reading achievement has been stagnant in the US for decades, raising questions about what other methods might work to help kids learn to read.
Artists often turn to the supernatural to reflect on and speak to the anxieties brought about by social, religious and political upheaval.
Students in this literature course read a range of novels, short stories and more on grave robbing, murder, terror and grief.
Orwell wrote his short, shocking novel at a time when it was considered scientifically inadmissible for animals to be granted thoughts or even feelings.
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Senior Lecturer (English and Drama), Australian National University
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Professor in Politics and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Lecturer in English Literature, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow at the Faculty of Business and Creative Industries, University of South Wales
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Associate Professor, Literature, Western Civilisation Program, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Contemporary Literature, University of Reading
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Professor of Fantasy and Children's Literature, Co-Director, Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Print and Digital Cultures, Cardiff University
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Professor of English and University Orator, Birmingham City University
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Senior Lecturer School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
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Adjunct Associate in English, Flinders University
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Lecturer in English Literature, 1350-1660, University of Sussex
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