Research in the Department currently focusses on:
Jenny Diski's work will help to place her where she belongs: as one of the most important writers of our time.
Examining the idea of the Irish sonnet in twentieth and twenty-first century poetry.
Issues of birth, rank, and class in relation to the production, publication, and reception of poetry from the middle ages to the present.
A Public Engagement with Research project exploring poetic form.
Dr. Stubbs is currently serving as Academic Programme Director for the Rothermere American Institute, Oxford.
An understanding of the contemporary significance of material objects is vital to an understanding of Jane Austen’s fiction.
The poetry of the late Ted Hughes is among the most influential and important of the twentieth century.
We encourage discussion of applications for DPhil research and fellowships.
Contact Sandie Byrne if you are interested in doctoral research on Jane Austen or twentieth-century poetry.
Contact Tara Stubbs if you are interested in doctoral research on modernist literature, Irish and/or American literature and culture, or the relationship between poetry and form.
