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 Albright
Music Speaks: On the Language of Opera, Dance, and Song
University of Rochester Press, 2009
Henry Louis, Jr. Gates
Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History
Alfred A. Knopf, 2011
Barbara Lewalski
The Complete Works of John Milton, Volume III: The Shorter Poems
Oxford University Press, 2012