Our published staff will support you to build your research skills and explore a range of literary genres, from Romantic poetry to dystopias.We focus on:questions of genreestablishing and challenging a literary canonthe idea of the archive, notions of orality and performancethe relationship between manuscript and print cultureseditorial practice and politicsWe also investigate textual and critical issues involved in studying literatures in their cultural and historical contexts. For example, you might trace the textual history of a modernist novel through its drafts, or investigate the epistolary networks which shaped court poetry.You can also study what you enjoy the most, with optional modules in a variety of literary forms, genres and themes.