Recent global developments have sharply polarised communities in many countries around the world. A new politics of exclusion has drawn urgent attention to the ways in which structural inequality has ...

At UB, we take an approach to the study of 20th-century British literature that is fully attentive to the changes to the field brought about by related fields such as postcolonial studies and cultural ...

Andy Burnham is set to be the first ever English Literature graduate to serve as Prime Minister. James Ford is very concerned ...

Exclusive: Reversal comes after backlash from students and writers including Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo Goldsmiths, University of London, will keep its Black British literature course open ...

The Department of English Language and Literature aims to teach all students to write and speak well and to read skillfully, thoughtfully and with pleasure. We offer many courses that stress literary ...

In 1889, two and a half decades before the outbreak of World War I, Mark Twain published a short and whimsical novel entitled A Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (later renamed A Connecticut Yankee in ...

Explore our campus, meet lecturers and current students, and learn more about what it's like to study at Manchester. Study at a university ranked 6th in the UK for English language and Literature as ...

Explore our campus, meet lecturers and current students, and learn more about what it's like to study at Manchester. Explore the rich literary history and current creative scene of Manchester, ...