MA Studies in Poetry

at Durham University

Core module:
 

• Dissertation

Examples of optional modules:

Typical modules might include:
 

• Warrior Poets in Heroic Societies

• John Milton: Life, Works and Influence

• Lyric Poetry of the English Renaissance and Reformation

• Romantic Forms of Grief

• Second Generation Romantic Poetry

• Elegy: From John Milton to Seamus Heaney

• Women in Victorian Poetry and Painting

• T.S. Eliot

• Modern Poetry

• The Writing of Poetry.

Modules are subject to staff availability and normally no more than five of the above will run in any one year.

You will normally require an English or English-related Honours degree (at least a 2:1 or equivalent) from a recognised university.

In addition to your three module choices, you will also need to include a piece of written work of approximately 2,000 words in length on a literary subject. This can be any piece of literary-critical work you have completed recently and should be emailed to the applicant portal.

Fees and funding
 

• Home students    £10,800 per year
• EU students    £22,300 per year
• Island students    £10,800 per year
• International students    £22,300 per year

The tuition fees shown are for one complete academic year of study, are set according to the academic year of entry, and remain the same throughout the duration of the programme for that cohort (unless otherwise stated).

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