A Victoria University professor of English will focus on some “unfinished” poems by a Victorian poet and priest in his upcoming inaugural lecture. Professor Peter Whiteford will examine some late ...

Sonnets are a form of poem that was much loved by William Shakespeare. This one might be his most famous: Sonnet 18. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?' asks Shakespeare. A sonnet is usually ...

On the morning of 8 November 2023, at the invitation of the Confucius Institute of De Montfort University (USTB-DMU CI), Professor Gabriel Egan gave an in-person lecture entitled “Reading ...

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Commonly, auditions require contrasting one-minute classical and contemporary monologues. Shakespeare’s well-known speeches remain stalwarts of dramatic literature, and for good reason. However, how ...