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  1. English Master of Fine Arts Showcase Reading

    English Master of Fine Arts Showcase Reading

    Creative Writing MFA

    Please join this year's Creative Writing MFA students for a celebratory reading from their work. The reading will take place from 6.30-8.00pm in the...

  2. Byre World: Writing for Ukrainian children in wartime

    Byre World: Writing for Ukrainian children in wartime

    Free but please book

    Hosted by Dr Emily Finer, Senior Lecturer from the School of Modern Languages. Ukrainian writers, illustrators and publishers have responded to the war waged by...

  3. English Research Seminar --- Professor Adam Potkay (William & Mary)

    English Research Seminar --- Professor Adam Potkay (William & Mary)

    "Concordia Discors at World's End: Pope, Voltaire, Wordsworth"

    Concordia discors as a stylistic habit and ordering principle does not effectively end with the poetry of Alexander Pope, as mid-twentieth century philologists...

  4. Research Seminar Talk Dr Bethany Dubow --- (University of Oxford)

    Research Seminar Talk Dr Bethany Dubow --- (University of Oxford)

    Reading Nature's Alphabet: Early Modern Scientific Acrosticism

    In the 'Argument' to The Alchemist, Ben Jonson spells out the name of his play in the form of a twelve-line acrostic. Plotted across the vertical...

  5. English Research Seminar Prof Nicolle Jordan --- (University of Southern Mississippi)

    English Research Seminar Prof Nicolle Jordan --- (University of Southern Mississippi)

    "The Paradox of Anne Finch's Patriarchal Landscapes"

    This talk addresses a compelling paradox in Anne Finch's country house poetry. Known for her defense of women's education and artistic agency, Finch...