Dr John Regan’s new book, ‘Poetry and the Idea of Progress, 1760–90’, is published by Anthem Press: http://www.anthempress.com/poetry-and-the-idea-of-progress-1760-90

“A powerful and coherent collection of essays that illuminates the various facets of a fascinating subject. It greatly enriches our sense of the meanings of blood and will have a major impact in medieval and Renaissance studies.”—Michael Schoenfeldt, University of Michigan A new book edited by Bonnie Lander Johnson asks, what is blood? In late […]

Dr Sophie Seita has been invited to curate an exhibition focusing on a century of avant-garde little magazines at Poets House in New York, one of the largest open-stack poetry libraries in the US. Exhibition Opening: May 15, 6pm Talk with exhibition curator Sophie Seita: 7pm This exhibition celebrates the contributions small-press magazines have made […]

Downing College is hosting a book launch for T. S. Eliot and the Dynamic Imagination by Dr Sarah Kennedy, Fellow in English, on Wednesday 16 May, 5.00-7.00pm in the Howard Building Drawing Room. Described in readers’ reports as ‘enticing and surprising’; ‘clear, perceptive, and, in many respects, definitive’, T. S. Eliot and the Dynamic Imagination is a study of metaphor and the […]

Dr Raphael Lyne gives the British Academy Shakespeare Lecture in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at the Globe Theatre, on Thursday 10 May 2018.   The title of the lecture is ‘Shakespeare and the Wandering Mind’. http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on-2018/the-british-academy-lecture

Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Keats-Shelley essay prize: Tara Lee, who graduated from the Cambridge 18cR M.Phil. last year; and Clare Jones, a current 18cR M.Phil. student. http://www.keats-shelley.co.uk/2018-keats-shelley-prize-winners

Polyphonic Poetry: Tim Atkins, Cole Swenson, Ariana Reines 16 May 2018, 7:30pm – 10:00pm Venue: Judith E Wilson Drama Studio Curated by Lee Ann Brown, Judith E Wilson Poetry Fellow Tim Atkins – Bio: Some Books: 25 Sonnets (The Figures), Horace (O Books), Koto Y Yo, and Petrarch Collected Atkins (Crater Press), 1000 Sonnets (ifpthenq) […]

Dr Ewan Jones has co-edited a special issue of the journal Essays in Romanticism, with David B. Ruderman and Julia S. Carlson, entitled ‘Romanticizing Historical Poetics’. https://online.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/eir/25/1