Poetry’s Essential Communication
Some more poetry thoughts this week, as the Forward Foundation has announced its shortlist for the Forward Prize. On the […]
Read more →Exploring Literature for A Level Study
Some more poetry thoughts this week, as the Forward Foundation has announced its shortlist for the Forward Prize. On the […]
Read more →The topic of translated literature was touched on a few weeks ago, with the recommendation of Patrick Süskind’s Perfume. There […]
Read more →Initially, there might not seem to be a great deal of common ground between the archetypal young Romantic poet, John […]
Read more →The Christmas break is always a great opportunity to do some extended reading. Here are some of my discoveries from […]
Read more →I don’t know if any of you have seen Simon Schama’s series on the Romantics, but if you haven’t, you […]
Read more →We have come to the end of the strangest ever term, and the last post for this academic year. It’s […]
Read more →Graham Swift, a tremendous novelist, was brought to our attention again this week with a review of his most recent […]
Read more →This post’s recommendation comes from a student who has been reading the ambitious historical novels about Thomas Cromwell by Hilary […]
Read more →You may well have heard that this year’s judges of the Booker Prize broke their own rules by splitting the […]
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