Monthly Archives: February 2014

Beckett and the City PhD studentship

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Cindy

The Department of English Literature and the Beckett International Foundation at the University of Reading are inviting applications for a PhD studentship to study Samuel Beckett’s representations of the modern city. The work will involve examination of the recently acquired … Continue reading →

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Global access to poetry

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Cindy

Peter Robinson was recently asked to offer a poem and some annotations to the Poetry Genius website. He chose his recent ‘From Amsterdam’, to be included in a new collection called Buried Music due in early 2015. There are explanatory comments, illustrative images, … Continue reading →

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The naughtiness of Mills and Boon

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Cindy

On the celebrated day of romance, one of the Department’s PhD researchers, Judith Watts has seduced the national media with her tales of Mills and Boon’s naughty side. Judith’s PhD research on ‘Mills and Boon and the Limits of Romance’, … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin!

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Cindy

John Holmes writes: Today is International Darwin Day, held every year to celebrate the birthday of Charles Darwin (he would be 205 today!). It is hard to exaggerate Darwin’s impact on science. In his seminal book On the Origin of … Continue reading →

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Foreigners, Drunks and Babies

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Cindy

If you haven’t yet ordered your copy of Foreigners, Drunks and Babies, we hope this review might whet your appetites (details of the book can be found below the review).  from Poets’ Tales by David Cooke A poet, translator and editor, Peter Robinson … Continue reading →

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Claire Battershill, A.F. Harrald and Morag Joss

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Cindy

You are invited to our first Creative Writing event of the year, when three writers associated with the Department of English  – Claire Battershill, A.F. Harrald and Morag Joss -will read from their work. Time and place: Wed. 12th February … Continue reading →

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Islamisation and Fiction: A Narrative

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Cindy

Acclaimed author Tabish Khair will give a talk and read extracts from his latest novel Born and educated in the small town of Gaya in the state of Bihar, India, Tabish Khair is the author of various books, including the … Continue reading →

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Poetry Reading Group today – all welcome!

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Cindy

This Wednesday 5 February at 6pm in HumSS 110, Whiteknights Campus, we will be looking at the poems of the latest T S Eliot prize winner, Sinead Morrissey. Wine and snacks will be provided. Handouts are available from the trays outside HumSS … Continue reading →

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Welcome back to the Modern Studies seminar

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Cindy

Do come along to the first Modern Studies Seminar of the Spring this Tuesday 4th Feb at 5pm in Humss 125, Whiteknights Campus.   .  

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Reading Italy

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Cindy

Professor Peter Robinson has translated work by some of Italy’s most important twentieth-century poets. He talks about this experience in ReadingItaly: www.readingitaly.wordpress.com    

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