When I was studying English Literature at university a full quarter of a century ago now, in the ... Why? Because she hadn’t realised an English Literature course would involve reading so many books.
The Government said today that the curriculum will 'continue to draw on a recognised body of English literature', including by mandating the study of at least one Shakespeare play and one 19th-century novel.
In a recent article in the Spectator, ‘We’re all doomed if English literature students can’t read books‘, Sam Leith laments that many of today’s students have difficulty in reading “long ...