International project launched to recover the hidden history of once-banned LGBTQ+ novel The Well of Loneliness
The ‘most famous banned novel in LGBTQ+ history’ is the focus of a new international project that will bring together...
English and Creative Writing
Literature landscape explored in new book by Exeter students
A new book that explores the impact of an international literature network has been unveiled by postgraduate students at the...
Exeter success in influential global subject rankings
Exeter subjects from across both Science and Arts & Humanities have been recognised as being amongst the very best worldwide,...
Forgotten author’s literary papers acquired by University’s Special Collections
The literary estate of a ‘forgotten’ queer author is to be preserved and showcased thanks to the Special Collections at...
Journalist Mishal Husain set for public talk at celebration of women’s creativity and decorative arts
A research project exploring how Victorian attitudes towards the decorative arts continue to influence the way women’s creativity is viewed...
Exeter academic elected to the Council of the Royal Society of Literature
An award-winning biographer and expert in the literature of 18th and 19th century Britain is to serve on the governing...
Showcase reveals remarkable breadth of research in English & Creative Writing
A unique research collaboration with the Met Office that promises to unlock its archives and reframe some of the human...
Paradise Lost and regained: How ‘strength and stay’ reveals Queen Elizabeth II drew upon John Milton’s epic poem for iconic speech
Queen Elizabeth II’s iconic Golden Wedding anniversary speech that popularised the term ‘strength and stay’ was inspired and influenced by...
In memory of Peter Faulkner
Tributes have been paid to a longstanding Honorary Professor in the Department of English and Creative Writing, who has recently...