English Language and Literature research

Find out about our English language and literature research.

Research impact

Sussex Modernism Project

What is the significance of Modernism here and now? For Hope Wolf, Lecturer in British Modernist Literature, this is what the Sussex Modernism Project aims to explore.

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Videos and podcasts

Lynne Murphy, Professor of Linguistics, unpicks the niceties of English and American politeness.

Matthew Dimmock, Professor of Early Modern Studies, says the Quran was a best-seller in 17th-century England.

Peter Boxall answers questions about his book, The Prosthetic Imagination: A History of the Novel as Artificial Life.