A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man who is visited by ghosts around Christmas time. Macbeth Macbeth by William Shakespeare ...

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 ...

A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man who is visited by ghosts around Christmas time. Macbeth Macbeth by William Shakespeare ...

Below are some suggestions about how you might begin to get into gear for your English Literature degree. We don’t expect you to attempt to do even half of everything listed here: do take time to ...

We’ve compiled a list of cheeky English words, some of which are so old that they don’t even show up in the Merriam-Webster or Oxford dictionaries any more. That makes them perfect for making ...