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David Foster Wallace Day - 12 January 2016
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1st February 2016 was the 20th anniversary of the publication of Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace’s magnum opus and one of the most influential novels of recent time.
To mark the occasion the English Faculty’s Contemporaries Research Group along with specially invited guests - Professor...
Institution: Faculty of English
Created: Tue 2 Feb 2016
English Faculty Library
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Promotional materials for the English Faculty Library.
Institution: Faculty of English
Created: Thu 15 Oct 2009
Faculty of English Centenary
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In 2019, the Faculty of English at Cambridge celebrates its 100th year.
Institution: Faculty of English
Created: Mon 25 Feb 2019
Faculty of English, Festival of Ideas - 2012
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The Festival of Ideas is a celebration of arts, humanities and social sciences from the University of Cambridge. Running each autumn, the Festival of Ideas invites everyone to over 150 free events from lectures for adults and workshops for children, to performances and activities for all...
Institution: Faculty of English
Created: Tue 5 Feb 2013
Milton 400: Paradise Lost
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A live reading of Milton's _Paradise Lost_ by members of the Faculty of English.
Institution: Faculty of English
Created: Fri 9 Oct 2009
Reading Tennyson: A Celebration of the Bicentenary of the Birth of Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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On 23rd October 2009, the Faculty of English along with Trinity College, Cambridge, celebrated the bicentennial birthday of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Throughout the day, various members of the Faculty of English read a good portion of his poetic output. These readings were performed in the Judith E...
Institution: Faculty of English
Created: Tue 10 Nov 2009
Shakespeare Poetry Day - 23 Oct 2014
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Dr Gavin Alexander leads a group of lecturers from the Faculty of English who read aloud Shakespeare’s complete poetry to mark the 450th anniversary of his birth. Shakespeare’s plays are performed every day throughout the world. His poems are read everywhere too; but usually in silence. We aim to...
Institution: Faculty of English
Created: Tue 24 Nov 2015
Spenser, Poetry and Performance
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These five podcasts have been selected and curated from the events of ‘Spenser, Poetry and Performance’, a collaboration between the International Spenser Society and Shakespeare’s Globe, held at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London, on 12th and 13th June 2017. We hope they will be of interest to...
Institution: Faculty of English
Created: Mon 8 Jan 2018
Wordsworth's Prelude of 1805
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Tuesday 26 October 2010 saw a marathon event in the Faculty of English. Faculty members read all of Wordsworth's substantial poem "The Prelude" live and online. The entire reading took approximately ten hours.
This reading is a deliberate sequel to our reading of Milton's great poem "Paradise...
Institution: Faculty of English
Created: Tue 6 Sep 2011