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Study Details: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Our MSc Literature and Society: Enlightenment, Romantic and Victorian offers an encounter with a range of topics in literary study centred on the literary history of England, Scotland and Ireland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
These entry requirements are for the 2026-27 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2027-28 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2026.
A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in English literature or a relevant discipline.
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The core courses in literary studies will cover the periods 1688 to 1815 and 1815 to 1900 respectively.
You can find out more about these courses, and browse indicative reading lists for them, on our Course Catalogue. The catalogue is for the current academic year, and may be subject to change.
Semester 1: Enlightenment and Romanticism, 1688–1815
Semester 2: Romanticism and Victorian Society, 1815–1900
Option courses
There is a broad range of option courses to choose from every year. Typically, they include (but are not limited to):
The Reign of Terror: Fear and Loathing in Romantic Literature
Modern Love: Victorian Poetry and Prose
Fairy Tales
Digital Humanities for Literary Studies
Green Thoughts: Landscape, Environment and Literature
The Long Summer: Edwardian Texts and Contexts 1900–1910
The Novel in the Romantic Period: Gender, Gothic, and the Nation
Great Victorian Novel
Illness Narratives through History
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