Masters Degrees (Early Modern Literature)

Our Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies offers supervision for PhD Literature in all fields of staff research interest, which includes a wide range of expertise in different literatures and in varying approaches to literature, covering most aspects from early modern to modern writing in English and a number of other languages. Read more

Our English Literature MLitt is an individually tailored research Master's degree. It contains some taught modules, some independently conducted research assignments and a larger research dissertation at the end. Read more

The MA in Renaissance Literature 1500-1700 is an intensive and exciting survey of the literary culture of the 16th and 17th centuries. Read more

The MA Early Modern and Renaissance Studies offers you the opportunity to explore this era from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including the study of: literature history material culture the visual arts. Read more

Our English Literature MA offers the opportunity to pursue English literary studies at an advanced level. Read more

We are interested in hearing from students with research proposals covering all aspects of medieval and early modern history, life and culture. Read more

Develop your own critical voice with support from widely published scholars and critics, including our Distinguished Visiting Professor of Poetry, Paul… Read more

Our Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies offers supervision for MA by Dissertation in Literature in all fields of staff research interest, which includes a wide range of expertise in different literatures and in varying approaches to literature, covering most aspects from early modern to modern writing in English and a number of other languages. Read more

Our department offers a distinctively comparative approach to the study of literature; at Essex you don't just study English literature, you study  world literature in English. Read more

By pursuing research in English Literature at Birmingham, you will be joining a vibrant and dynamic research community thanks to the Department’s diverse research interests and approaches. Read more

The MA English Literary Studies with Creative Writing provides a rare opportunity to combine creative and critical writing at Master's level. Read more

Join our thriving School with an energetic, creative and well-resourced research culture. Throughout your English Literature MPhil/PhD, you'll benefit from expert supervision. Read more

This is an innovative and exciting programme in which you focus on writing a full-length, literary novel of between 90,000 and 150,000 words. Read more

Our MA in English (Medieval and Renaissance Literature) offers students the opportunity to explore Old English, Middle English, and early modern literature in all its rich variety and contexts. Read more