For years, only the Shakespeares and Dickenses of the world have been the mainstays in our English classrooms, with no room for the Rokeyas — voices that resonate with our culture and identity. It’s t ...

You may wish to sign up with Mark Van Doren, the great professor of English who lived from 1894 to 1972. In 1938, he wrote Shakespeare, which can be had in an edition from NYRB. The foreword is by ...

Science purports to have solved the proverbial question of whether infinite monkeys clacking away at typewriters could recreate Shakespeare’s works. They haven’t.

The Assistant Professor of English sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss "The Book of Margery Kempe," coffee shops AUs, and the gender politics of fanfiction.

Because Shakespeare seemed like the consummate English author, it seemed to me that if you were going through the trouble of ...

A series of workshops based on the plays of William Shakespeare are set to be hosted in celebration of an island theatre ...

With a little something for young adults, a little something for a more mature audience and lots of inside jokes for ...

Analysing over 25 years of VCE lists revealed a rising proportion of works addressing social justice, identity, postcolonial ...

Campuses have changed forever with Swift as text. Called the biggest pop star of this century, Swift is now also one of the ...

Shakespeare & Company has appointed Sunie Gorey as director of development for the nonprofit, which offers performance, ...

In a bold and thought-provoking statement following his graduation with distinction in English Literature at the University of Lagos’ 55th Convocation, Mr. Patrick Iwelunmor, has sparked a critical ...

The number of words found in old English literature does not exceed 30,000, while the new dictionaries today have listed more than 400,000, mostly of foreign origin. It is strange to note, however, ...