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Romeo and Juliet
I recently saw a friend in this production of Romeo and Juliet in London (now running as part of the Camden Fringe). The relationship between the nurse and Juliet was really well done, as was Friar...
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Goodbye 2015-16: Humanities round-up
The new academic year is not far away. Meanwhile, in the quiet of August we can look back at a very, very busy period from May to July. First, our Back to the Future alumni supper brought together...
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Welcome back
Induction Week begins on Monday and we look forward to meeting our new students of English Literature. Then on the following week, we greet our current students who are about to enter levels 5 and 6...
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You know how we’re always saying that nobody gets rich through writing fiction? Well, once in a while someone does. This year, that someone is publishing sensation Chloé J. Esposito. If this is the...
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https://futureplan.glos.ac.uk/students/jobs/detail/279589/Above is the link to an opportunity for students in our School, including one from English Literature. I do hope the link works okay; you...
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Cheltenham Literature Festival 2016 starts today
The 2016 Cheltenham Festival of Literature begins today and runs until October 16. This year's programme is outstanding. The festival's theme is 'America Uncovered', and speakers include Sarah...
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Bob Dylan, Nobel Laureate: Yah-Boo!
John Hughes is Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of Gloucestershire, and is the author of Invisible Now: Bob Dylan in the 1960s (Ashgate, 2013).Bob Dylan’s elevation to Nobel...
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Come and see us at our Open Day on Saturday 29 October, Francis Close Hall
Francis Close Hall Campus, a Victorian marvel.If you're thinking of studying English next year, come and visit us on Saturday. Students and staff will be there to talk about our course and to answer...
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University Archives and Special Collections celebrates the Dymock Poets on 1...
The University of Gloucestershire Special Collections and Archives is launching the Dymock Poets Online Catalogue. Several years in preparation, this database makes the Archives Dymock holdings...
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A Happy New Year to all our students. Opportunities ahead....
Happy New Year, and welcome back. We hope that you had a great and restorative Christmas break, trust you are rested and ready for semester two.Next week is Future Plan Week (23 - 27 January) and there...
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A song for Holocaust Memorial Day 2017
To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, and to meditate on the question of how life can go on in the face of annihilation, here is a song from the Łódź ghetto. You can hear a recording at Music and the...
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Anne Johnston reviews The Rover at the RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon
Students and staff from across the School went to see Aphra Behn's great Restoration play The Rover at the RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, last Wednesday. Second-year English Literature student...
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Really interesting event about the poet Edward Thomas that will take place at the Market Theatre in Ledbury.Here is a quote from the event's website: Poet Ted Hughes called Edward Thomas ‘father of us...
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I wandered lonely as a CloudThat floats on high o'er Vales and Hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host of golden Daffodils; Wordsworth The daffodils have arrived at the...
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Celebrate World Book Day with a Pop-Up Review
To celebrate World Book Day, we want your pop-up reviews. Tell us about your favourite book (and why) in 100 words or less. We will post them here, and give you a Book Token for your writing. Please...
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Pop-Up Review: Daniel Solomon reviews David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest...
And here's the first Pop-Up Review in celebration of World Book Day. Thanks to Daniel Solomon (English Lit & Creative Writing).David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest: Where to even begin. Ostensibly a...
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Pop-Up Review: Rose Wolfe-Emery reviews A Little Life by by Hanya Yanigihara...
To mark World Book Day, Rose Wolfe-Emery (English Literature) reviews A Little Life by Hanya Yanigihara.A Little Life by Hanya Yanigihara is a truly compelling tale of love and endurance. Set in New...
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Pop-Up Review: Anne Johnston reviews Sun-mi Hwang's The Dog Who Dared to...
Anne Johnston (English Literature) marks World Book Day 2017 with a review of one of her many favourite books, Sun-mi Hwang's The Dog Who Dared to Dream.My favourite book, which is a very hard thing to...
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Pop-Up Review: Helen Rawlings reviews J.M.Coetzee's Disgrace (1999)
Another Pop-Up Review for World Book Day 2017. Helen Rawlings (English Literature) reviews J.M.Coetzee's Disgrace and wins herself a Book Token.David Lurie, a college professor in South Africa, twice...
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English Literature students at the University of Gloucestershire have the opportunity to present their research at the LPA/FCH Student Research Conference on June 13th!
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This is a chance for you to see the strange sorts of things some of us get up to in our spare time. I have been asked to put on a large historical figures game as a result of some rather bizarre...
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Edward Thomas is a poet whose life and work has held a fascination for other writers. The late emergence of Thomas’ poetry after years of ‘hack’ writing, his sometimes troubled family life and his...
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As the academic year draws to a close, we are looking forward to our very own Student Research Conference, which will showcase some of the work carried out by students in a variety of subjects,...
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The programme for the Student Research Conference is now live. You can check it out here: http://tinyurl.com/m8zxz76
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We've moved
We are now blogging on English at the University of Gloucestershire and our new Twitter address is @EnglishGlos. Thanks to all who read, followed, commented on, and contributed to English Literature...
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