Faculty of English

What is a dramaturg? What is dramaturgy? What are the political implications for the way that plays produce meaning in performance? Over the last decade, the role of the dramaturg has become more common in the theatrical process, but it is still a new term for many theatre-goers. Theatre & Dramaturgy offers a working definition […]

Studying English at Cambridge The Faculty of English is holding two online study evenings on Wednesday 8th and Wednesday 15th November 2023. The events are aimed at A Level, IB or Scottish Higher English Literature students who may be considering studying English at university. If you are in Year 11 and thinking about taking English […]

This event will celebrate the publication of Baroque Latinity: Studies in the Neo-Latin Literature of the European Baroque, ed. Jacqueline Glomski, Gesine Manuwald and Andrew Taylor (London: Bloomsbury, 2023), an essay collection marking the culmination of an AHRC-funded project based at UCL. Booking for the free event at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/events/2023/nov/ias-book-launch-hybrid-baroque-latinity  

Prize judge Marianne Tatepo, Commissioning Editor for Ebury Press and Pop Press (Penguin Random House UK), said: “We stepped into the world of Silthood, where nature comes to life in an almost anthropomorphic way. It’s a stunning, original, genre-bending entry in the non-fiction category.” Jade Cuttle, formerly of Barlby High school and York College, says: […]

“The Pleasures of Hating 1660-1830”, a conference co-convened by PhD students Francesca Gardner and Daniel Brooks, is being held in the Trinity College OCR on November 18th. This will be especially relevant to those who are researching the history of emotions. Registration details and schedule can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-pleasures-of-hating-1660-1830-registration-730845306987?aff=oddtdtcreator

Essays and reflections include contributions from His Majesty King Charles III, Lord Rowan Williams, Cyril O’Regan, Sr. Catherine Droste, OP, the late Rev. Dr. Ian Ker, Leonie Caldecott, Giuseppe Pezzini, and more. Special thanks to the Fathers of the Birmingham Oratory for allowing the use of this rare photograph of Newman for the journal cover. […]

A series of revelatory hallucinations that Philip K Dick experienced in 1974, radically altering his view of belief, time and history, were the inspiration for his quasi-autobiographical novel Valis which was published in 1981. Professor Sarah Dillon joins Prof Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck) and presenter Matthew Sweet on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking on Thursday 19th […]

A new book by Dr Diarmuid Hester (Emmanuel) explores a queer sense of place in twentieth century literature and art by examining the lives and works of figures such as EM Forster, Josephine Baker, Claude Cahun, James Baldwin, Derek Jarman, and others. ‘With originality and subtlety, Diarmuid Hester examines how the gay imagination deals with […]

Critical Forms is an account of the generic forms in which literary criticism has been undertaken. It examines chiefly Anglophone literary criticism, with comparative discussion of French and German material, from around 1750 to the present and examines prefaces, selections and anthologies, reviews, lectures, dialogues, letters, and life-writing. Link to further information: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/critical-forms-9780198881117?lang=en&cc=au#