Posted by Richard in English on July 16, 2014
I’m naming this one after Tom Cruise’s new film, since it’s apparently pretty good. Not doing so well at the box office though, competing with such classics as Mrs. Brown’s Boys D’Movie and Transformers: Age of More Transformers. Anyway, it seemed appropriate to talk about where people go with an English degree. You see the […]
Posted in Career, Future, Graduation, Money, Placement, Postgraduate Study, Work | Tagged Careers, Graduation, Journalism, Law, Masters, Publishing
Posted by Linda in English on June 25, 2014
Throughout this wonderful year, every second thought has drifted towards the inevitable gauntlet through which every prospective academic must run before they can claim the ultimate prize of a Master’s Degree: The Dissertation. I have made no secret of the fact that I hold a special sympathy for all things Gothic and have done since […]
Posted in Postgraduate Study, Reseach, Studying | Tagged Dissertation, Gothic, Sheridan Le Fanu
Posted by Linda in English on March 30, 2014
In December of last year, I briefly visited the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery after a wonderful day viewing the city’s remarkable Christmas Market. I was so impressed by the exhibitions on display that it immediately came to mind when I was searching for the subject of my presentation on the manner in which the […]
Posted in City, Leisure, Postgraduate Study | Tagged Birmingham, Burne-Jones, Pre-Raphaelite Art, Rossetti
Posted by Linda in English on February 28, 2014
Yesterday after a particularly enjoyable discussion on the poetry of Christina Rossetti, our instructor mentioned that Ralph Fiennes’ The Invisible Woman was playing at the Phoenix Cinema Art Cafe Bar later that same evening. This is a film I have long been anticipating due to its relevance to my collection and study of 19th century […]
Posted in City, Leisure, Postgraduate Study | Tagged Charles Dickens, Ellen Ternan, Phoenix Cinema Art Cafe Bar, The Invisible Woman, Victorian Studies
Posted by Linda in English on January 25, 2014
Last week I had the pleasure of attending SPELL’s Short Story Reading Group which featured Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart.” It was a wonderful experience revisiting “The Tell-Tale Heart” as I had not read it in many years. It is odd to realize that this masterpiece of horror fiction is quite simple in execution; […]
Posted in Essay, Friends, Leisure, Postgraduate Study | Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, Gothic Literature, Student Blogs, University of Leicester, Victorian Studies |
Posted by Linda in English on December 30, 2013
For this entry, in honor of the holiday season, we will momentarily leave the world of 19th century studies to pay a visit to the Renaissance and spend a delightful Christmas with Shakespeare. If you require more thoughts on Victorian literature to complete your enjoyment of the season (a need I completely understand), I highly […]
Posted in Holiay, Postgraduate Study, Reseach | Tagged Renaissance, Shakespeare, Stratford Upon Avon
Posted by Linda in English on December 18, 2013
Last Saturday, I traveled to Manchester to meet with the members of my Victorian Society module for a walking tour of the northern city historically renowned as one of the leading industrial magnets during the 19th century. I was, of course, excited by the prospect of increasing my knowledge through an exploration of the north […]
Posted in City, Holiay, Leisure, Postgraduate Study, Studying | Tagged Industrial Revolution, Manchester, Pre-Raphaelite Art, Victorian Studies
Posted by Linda in English on November 30, 2013
A cold day and a clouded sky form the ideal climate for a journey into the past and further into the imagination. On such a day in November, I traveled to Haworth to visit the Brontë Parsonage Museum; to visit the home of that extraordinary family and to walk in the footsteps of genius. I […]
Posted in Holiay, Leisure, Postgraduate Study, Reseach | Tagged Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth, University of Leicester, Victorian Studies
Posted by Linda in English on November 19, 2013
Hello and welcome to the ramblings of a lunatic. To be more specific, I am an American studying for my MA in Victorian Literature at the University of Leicester and although it is true that I have a deep admiration for the moon, I can assure you that I have not yet developed lycanthropic tendencies. […]
Posted in Postgraduate Study, Societies, Studying | Tagged Dracula, Lectures, The Dream, University of Leicester, Victorian Literature |
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