Join an English Literature department with wide interests and world-leading archives, which is ranked in the top 150 worldwide for English Language and Literature. (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2025.)
We deploy our varied research strengths and our literary collections to produce a degree that embodies the best of current critical, theoretical and archival work.
In the Department of English Literature, our research is organised through three themes: Diversity & Inclusion; History, Historicism and Heritage; and Environment & Community. Additionally, much of our research is aligned with Interdisciplinary Research Centres, as follows:, , . We also have particular strengths in Children's Literature and Creative Writing.
You will also have the opportunity to publish your work - and gain experience in editing and publishing - participating in , our online creative writing magazine.
