Postgraduate Research in English Literature
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Our next Page Breaks session will be on 20 October at 1 pm, and we’ll be discussing the recent viral NYT magazine piece, ‘Who is the Bad Art Friend?’. “Her letter, it wasn’t art! It was informational. It doesn’t have market value. It’s like language that we glean from menus, from tombstones, from tweets.” Text … Continue reading “Page Breaks – 20 October – ‘Who is the Bad Art Friend?’”
Our next Page Breaks session will be on 13 October at 1 pm, and we’ll be discussing this love letter to the pleasures and mysteries of archival work (and also, LBJ). Thanks to Professor Rebecca Mitchell for recommending this piece!
Our next Page Breaks session will be on 22 September at 1 pm, and will consider Craig’s Brown’s essay on the peculiarities of biography.
Our next Page Breaks session will be on 29 September at 1 pm, and will consider Douglas Coupland’s recent take on Elon Musk in The Guardian. (Thanks everyone for the suggestion!)
We’re starting off Page Breaks 2021-2022 on 15 September with a discussion of seasonal culture – what it is, who defines it, how its impact registers, and more!
On Wednesday 28 July (from 9:30 am), we will be hosting our monthly Research Day for postgraduates in English Literature. This is an opportunity to work on your own research, while knowing that others are working at the same time. We have a shared schedule for the day, with periodic zoom calls to set and … Continue reading “Page Breaks Research Day – July 2021”
After much discussion, it’s finally happening! We’re talking about The Crown.
This week, we’re revisiting a favourite Page Breaks author: Patricia Lockwood, whose John Updike takedown brought us much joy last year.
This week, we’re dabbling in flash fiction!
Our reading for this week will be two short essays about train travel.
