This was the organizing device of every fine in poetry, the dominant literary genre of the era. The poetic metre used in Old English poetry is known as "alliterative metre" and the poetry written ...

For this same reason, with very few exceptions, most Old English literature was anonymous. If England had not been Christianised, most Old English literature would have been lost. In the centuries ...

A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man who is visited by ghosts around Christmas time. Macbeth Macbeth by William Shakespeare ...

Learn how literature addresses social, environmental, and economic concerns with the aim of creating a better, more inclusive world. Opportunities to study abroad in Europe and beyond, fostering ...

Choose from modules across a range of areas in English literature and different philosophical topics and traditions, and engage with new areas of research. Think for yourself Critically and creatively ...