Programs

Undergraduate

The undergraduate program introduces students to the full breadth of imaginative literature written in the English language from the eighth century to its more recent dispersal around the globe. Whether engaged with literary giants such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Dickinson, Keats, Woolf or in exploration of less famous authors, students in the English program have a rare opportunity to combine aesthetic pleasure, intellectual stimulation, and ethical deliberation in their plan of study. [Read More]

Graduate

Welcome to the Graduate Program in English at Harvard University. On these pages you will find information for prospective students, current students, and alumni of the program. [Read More]

Faculty Bookshelf Selection

Daniel Donoghue
co-ed., Morton W Bloomfield Lectures
West Michigan University, 2009
Leah Price
ed., Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books
Yale University Press, 2011
Stephen Burt
Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry
Graywolf Press, 2009