Postgraduate study in English at Leeds Trinity University College falls into three main categories:
The Department of Humanities is also home to the Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies and hosts the website for Misericordia International
Research culture in English is flourishing, with particular focus upon Creative Writing and Literature and Spirituality. Nonetheless, staff research interests cover a wide range of topics, from the Middle Ages to modern literature. Staff have given papers at conferences in the UK, Europe and USA, and in 2007 English hosted a major international conference, Bodies of Myth: New Perspectives, which drew speakers from the USA, South Africa, Turkey and Gran Canaria, as well as all parts of the UK. Work is now under way to compile an edited book based on the proceedings. Recent staff publications include:
- Susan Anderson, 'Time, Subjectivity, Modernism in E. Nesbit’s Children’s Fiction,' Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 32.4 (2007), 308-22.
- Jane de Gay, Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past (Edinburgh University Press, 2006)
- Paul Hardwick, 'Making Light of Devotion: The Pilgrimage Window in York Minster', in Medieval English Comedy, ed. Paul Hardwick and Sandra Hordis (Brepols, 2007), pp. 61-82.
- Juliette Taylor-Batty, ‘Imperfect Mastery: The Failure of Grammar in Beckett’s L’Innommable,’ Journal of Modern Literature 30.2 (2007), 163-179.