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Marmaduke Pickthall: A Forgotten English Novelist
Rediscovering Marmaduke Pickthall: the man who translated the Qur’an into English.
English Literature Graduates’ Highlights
The highlights of studying literature at Portsmouth—from the graduates themselves!
Why is literature important?
Students from the University of Portsmouth reflect on the role and significance of literature and literary studies.
Why I love English Literature at the University of Portsmouth
Level 4 student Emily Hopper discusses her experiences of studying literature at the University of Portsmouth.
Atiya: The most iconoclastic of the Fyzee sisters
Md. Mahmudul Hasan provides a fascinating account of the traveller and iconoclast Atiya Fyzee.
Launch of the Portsmouth Literature: Interactive Map
The English Literature section of SASHPL are delighted to launch the ‘Portsmouth Literature Interactive Map’ at https://litmap.nautoguide.com/#Home.
University of Portsmouth English Literature Resources in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter and Anti-racism
Following requests for suggested reading, and in response to our own sense of a need to keep educating ourselves, the staff and students of English Literature at Portsmouth have put together this reading list of informative works regarding ‘race’
Lockdown Poetry: Emily Dickinson
Paraic Finnerty’s Lockdown Poetry selection is Emily Dickinson’s ‘”Hope” is the thing with feathers.’
Life-Writing for Wellbeing
Dr Alison Habens, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Portsmouth, has written a series of resources on the theory and practice of life-writing for wellbeing.
Lockdown Poetry: Langston Hughes
Elodie Rousselot’s ‘Lockdown Poetry’ selection is ‘Harlem’ by Langston Hughes.
Lockdown Reading: Tove Jansson
Diane Warren’s lockdown reading choice is a short story by Tove Jansson.
Lockdown Poetry: Charlotte Brontё
Jessica Dyson’s Lockdown Poetry selection is Charlotte Brontё’s ‘Parting.’