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a comparative history of the literary draft in europe

A Comparative History of the Literary Draft in Europe
Cover of Correspondence with Aaron Hill and the Hill Family

Correspondence with Aaron Hill and the Hill Family
Cover of Crochet Castle

Crochet Castle
Cover of Digby Poems edited by Helen Barr

Digby Poems
The Library Journal cover

From Restorer to Editor: The Evolution of Lewis Theobald's Textual Critical Practice
genetic criticism

Genetic Criticism
genetic narratology

Genetic Narratology
gullivers travels book cover

Gulliver's Travels
james joyces work in progress book cover

James Joyce's 'Work in Progress'
jane austens fiction manuscripts book cover

Jane Austen's Fiction Manuscripts
jane austen's teenage writings book cover

Jane Austen's Teenage Writings
Cover of Jonathan Swift's Journey to Stella

Journal to Stella
Material Texts in Early Modern England

Material Texts in Early Modern England
matthew arnold book cover

Matthew Arnold
modern manuscripts book cover

Modern Manuscripts
Cover of Virginia Woolf's Night and Day

Night and Day
Reading English Verse in Manuscript book cover

Reading English Verse in Manuscript c.1350-c.1500

Dr Daniel Sawyer
Cover of Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys

Scouting for Boys
scribal correction and literary craft book cover

Scribal Correction and Literary Craft: English Manuscripts 1375-1510
Cover of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Edited by Ros Ballaster
textual awareness book cover

Textual Awareness: A Genetic Study of Late Manuscripts by Joyce, Proust, and Mann
The Beckett Digital Manuscript Project series

The Beckett Digital Manuscript Project series
Cover of The Complete Sonnets and Poems

The Complete Sonnets and Poems
Cover of The Complete Works of John Milton, Volume 11

The Complete Works of John Milton
Cover of Wordsworth's Poetry and Prose

The Norton Critical Edition of Wordsworth's Poetry and Prose
Cover of The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition

The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition
Cover of The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Volume I

The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne
ulysses book cover

Ulysses
why modern manuscripts matter book cover

Why Modern Manuscripts Matter
william empson some versions of pastoral book cover

William Empson: Some Versions of Pastoral
write cut rewrite book cover

Write Cut Rewrite

Professor Dirk Van Hulle

News

A medieval almanac in a concertina format

Impact Case Study: Designing English

6 Jul 2022
Inscription journal cover

Inscription: a new journal for the study of material texts

8 Sep 2020
Redesigning the Medieval Book

Redesigning the Medieval Book - workshops

21 Feb 2017
samuel beckett

‘Editing Beckett’ research project awarded AHRC funding

26 Nov 2021

Academics

tamara atkin

Professor Tamara Atkin

Professor of Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Book History; Tutorial Fellow, The Queen’s College
The Queen's College
Ros Ballaster

Professor Ros Ballaster

Professor of 18th Century Studies; Lecturer and Tutorial Fellow, Mansfield College
megan bushnell

Dr Megan Bushnell

Researcher in Linguistic Data
andrew dunning

Dr Andrew Dunning

R.W. Hunt Curator of Medieval Manuscripts
Hugh Price Fellow in Book History, Jesus College
samuel fanous

Dr Samuel Fanous

Head of Publishing, Bodleian Library
zachary garber

Dr Zachary Garber

Post-Award Member
Merton College

Stephen Hebron

Curator of Special Projects, Bodleian Library

Dr Ben Higgins

Career Development Fellow in English Literature
Lady Margaret Hall
simon horobin photo

Professor Simon Horobin

Professor of English Language & Literature; Tutorial Fellow, Magdalen College
Dr Freya Johnston

Professor Freya Johnston

Professor of English
Hazel Eardley-Wilmot Tutorial Fellow, St Anne's College
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Dr Amy Lidster

Career Development Fellow and Tutor in English
Corpus Christi College, Wadham College

Professor Peter D McDonald

Professor of English and Related Literature; Tutorial Fellow, St Hugh's College
perry seamus

Professor Seamus Perry

Professor of English Literature; Fellow and Tutor, Balliol College
Lynn Robson

Dr Lynn Robson

Fellow in English, Regent's Park College
daniel sawyer

Dr Daniel Sawyer

Departmental Lecturer in English Literature
Faculty of English / St Hilda's College
adam smyth

Professor Adam Smyth

Professor; Tutorial Fellow, Balliol College
Elizabeth Solopova

Dr Elizabeth Solopova

Research Fellow, English Faculty and New College; Lecturer in English Literature, Christ Church

Professor Hannah Sullivan

Associate Professor
New College
michael sullivan by john cairns

Dr Michael J Sullivan

Lecturer in English
St Catherine's College
Kathryn Sutherland

Professor Kathryn Sutherland

Emeritus Professor; St Anne's College

Professor Ted Tregear

Associate Professor of English and Tutorial Fellow, Merton College
Merton College
Dirk van hulle

Professor Dirk Van Hulle

Professor of Bibliography and Modern Book History
Jesus College
Daniel Wakelin

Professor Daniel Wakelin

Jeremy Griffiths Professor of Medieval English Palaeography; Fellow, St Hilda's College
Watson, Carly

Dr Carly Watson

Departmental Lecturer, Department of Continuing Education
Abigail Williams

Professor Abigail Williams

Professor of English Literature; Lord White Tutorial Fellow, St Peter's College
georgina wilson

Dr Georgina Wilson

Stipendiary Lecturer in English
Brasenose College
David Womersley

Professor David Womersley

Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature; Professorial Fellow, St Catherine's College

Students

ellen brewster

Ellen B. Brewster

DPhil Candidate
Exeter College
books

Beatrice Cox O'Brien

DPhil Candidate
St Antony's College
ceola daly

Ceola Daly

DPhil Candidate
St Cross College
kathryn hempstead

Kathryn Hempstead

DPhil Candidate
Merton College
books

Matilda Houston-Brown

DPhil Candidate
Wadham College
grace khuri

Grace Khuri

DPhil Candidate
Oriel College
brian moore

Brian M. Moore

DPhil Candidate
The Queen's College
charlotte ross

Charlotte Ross

DPhil Candidate
Lady Margaret Hall
emma sibbald

Emma Sibbald

DPhil Candidate
Trinity College
Luan Staphorst

Luan Staphorst

DPhil Candidate
Lincoln College
amy wells

Amy Wells

DPhil Candidate
Pembroke College
ben wilkinson turnball

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull

DPhil Candidate
St Anne's College

Lectures

22 Feb
McKenzie lecture 2018

McKenzie Lecture – The idea of ‘the reading public’: literary history or cultural criticism?

Lecture Theatre 2, English Faculty, St Cross Building, Manor Road
17 Feb
a scene in a library by henry fox talbot

Photography and the Book

Lecture Theatre 2, English Faculty, St Cross Building, Oxford