School of English, Drama and Creative Studies

"Welcome to the School of English, Drama and Creative Studies. This is one of the largest schools in the College of Arts and Law, and variety is our watchword. We offer one of the most extensive ranges of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the country. Our research expertise is equally diverse, and we welcome students and researchers from all over the world."
Professor Tom Lockwood, Head of School

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How would Charles Dickens have felt about the Lockdown?

"Dickens differentiates between the acts of writing and acting, defining both as pleasurable works of invention."

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Posted 04 August 2020

The plague novel you need to read is by Bachmann, not Camus

Lyndsey Stonebridge writes for Psyche on the Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann's novel Malina (1971)

Posted 30 July 2020

Film and TV Alumnus is 'One to Watch'

Hanz MacDonald, MA in Film and Television: Research and Production 2014, selected for Edinburgh TV Festival talent scheme

Posted 26 July 2020

Les Blancs: Theatre and Revolutionary Movements

Lorna French, doctoral researcher in DTA, in conversation with playwright Jennifer Farmer for the National Theatre on Lorraine Hansberry's play Les Blancs.

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