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Overview

We offer a selection of taught Masters programmes.

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US Literature

The programme examines notions of American identity and culture through the study of key literary texts.

US Literature

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Creative Writing

The Masters in Creative Writing seeks to establish a responsive forum of intelligent readers and acute listeners in a supportive environment.

Creative Writing

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Playwriting

This is a practical playwriting programme which will appeal to emerging playwrights, directors, dramaturges, performance artists and critics alike.

Playwriting

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MSc Creative Writing by Online Learning

This online, part-time programme can be studied over three years and offers students the opportunity to advance their writing skills in fiction or poetry

MSc Creative Writing by Online Learning

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Literature and Society: Enlightenment, Romantic and Victorian

An introduction to the study of the ways in which writing in English has shaped or mediated political identities in England, Scotland and Ireland.

Literature and Society

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Literature and Modernity: 1900 to the present

This programme offers an introduction to a range of historical, intellectual and political contexts for the study of 20th and 21st century writing.

Literature and Modernity: 1900 to the present

Material Cultures and History of the Book

Material Cultures & the History of the Book

This programme combines the study of cultural history, intensive archival research, and the latest intellectual developments.

Material Cultures and History of the Book

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