by Alan Read, Professor of Theatre; Lizzie Eger, Reader Emerita in Eighteenth-Century Literature; Rowan Boyson, Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature; Josh Davies, Lecturer in Medieval Literature; Clare Lees, Professor of Medieval Literature and History of the Language; and Ruth Padel, Poetry Fellow Six members of the English Department reflect on three events which took place … Continue reading A Day in the Life of the Humanities
by Ruth Padel, Poetry Fellow The Cosmo Davenport-Hines Poetry Prize was set up to commemorate a student who loved poetry. His father Richard is always one of the judges, and I was delighted to be invited to chair the four-judge team alongside my colleagues Elizabeth Eger and Alan Marshall. We had 152 entries and the … Continue reading The Cosmo Davenport-Hines Poetry Prize: 2016 winners
by Dr Clare Whitehead, Research Assistant First published in 1609, Shakespeare’s sonnets are among the most accomplished and absorbing poems in the English language. They are also some of the most beloved and have enjoyed a vibrant afterlife, with continued readings, recitations, and reprints fortifying Shakespeare’s claim in Sonnet 60: “My verse shall stand”. These … Continue reading ‘A new route discovered’: On Shakespeare’s Sonnets
By Declan Ryan, Visiting Lecturer in Poetry and Creative Writing The idea for setting up the website which became wildcourt.co.uk was knocking around almost as soon as I came to teach at King’s in 2014. I had previously run a reading series called Days of Roses out of which two anthologies and a supporting blog … Continue reading The Wild Court Poetry Magazine
