Smith College

English Language & Literature

The Department of English Language and Literature aims to teach all students to write and speak well and to read skillfully, thoughtfully and with pleasure. We offer many courses that stress literary ...
Nature

The Cambridge History of English Literature

THIS the concluding volume of the great history of English literature produced by the Cambridge University Press, on the “collective responsibility” of the Master of Peterhouse and Mr. A. R. Waller, ...
Princeton University

Hans Aarsleff, ‘towering’ scholar of the history of the study of language, dies at 100

Hans Aarsleff, a professor of English and renowned scholar of the history of the study of language, died July 1. He was 100.
The Conversation

Once upon a time: a brief history of children’s literature

April 2 is International Children’s Book Day and the anniversary of the birth of one of the most famous contributors to this genre, Hans Christian Andersen. But when Andersen wrote his works, the ...