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Research bites: literature of the long 18th century
‘We have extraordinary students, and exceptionally interesting colleagues, and their ideas, their enthusiasm informs my work and enriches it.’
Hear Dr Daisy Hay‘s thoughts about passion, life writing and archives in her research and teaching on the literature of the long eighteenth century.
Here’s Daisy’s book Young Romantics, and a Guardian review of her most recent, Mr and Mrs Disraeli: A Strange Romance – winner of a Somerset Maugham Award in 2016.
You can study with Daisy on her specialist option: EAS3178 Life Writing: History, Form, Practice.
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Teaching bites: Imperial Encounters
Take a trip into the archive and explore the workings of Victorian adventure stories!
Dr Paul Young, Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature & Cultures, gives you a taster of what you might study on the level 3 specialist option Imperial Encounters: Victorians and their World.
Take a look at the video below for a flavour of the kinds of texts and artefacts that will form a key part of your study in all things Victorian here at Exeter.
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We are volunteers
Studying with us will give you many opportunities beyond the classroom to build your skills and experience and add exciting new strands to your CV. Many English students volunteer in our unique film museum, for example, and have gone on to a range of exciting careers in museums and archives. Take a look at the short film below for a glance at some of our student volunteers at the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, past and present.
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