̽»¨Ö±²¥Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman turned a Yorkshire clergyman into a literary celebrity. Three hundred years after his birth on 24 November 1713, Laurence Sterne’s quirky take on the novel continues to inspire. Dr Mary Newbould explores Sterne’s lasting impact.
An unpublished Rupert Brooke poem will sit alongside some of Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library’s greatest treasures when a free exhibition of highlights from its priceless collections opens to the public today.
A Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ archaeologist, along with two other researchers in Guernsey, has uncovered a previously unseen archive featuring the testimonies of people who were deported to German prison camps during World War II.
A journey into Wordsworth's mind and the process of creation
A millennium after its completion, an epic Persian poem is providing the springboard for a new centre of Persian studies in Cambridge.
Close scrutiny of text is the bedrock of a research culture that spans practically the whole range of contemporary English studies.
A new Centre for Children’s Literature is providing a focus for research on how children are shaped by early encounters with books and film.
A digital archive of 500-year-old 'filofaxes' offers extraordinary insight into early thought and writing practices.
Medieval culture pervaded Shakespeare's life and work. Professor Helen Cooper examines its influence on the work of the world's greatest playwright.
̽»¨Ö±²¥purity and linguistic correctness of the French language has been closely guarded by the French for centuries. Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett is exploring the reasons behind this national preoccupation.
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