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John Milton was a man so famous in his own time that French and Italian tourists tracked down his childhood home to see the chamber in which he had been born. He was even more famous after his death; indeed, his teeth, hair, fingers, and one of leg bones were stolen as relics in the eighteenth century. Charles Darwin, even as he wrote his theory of evolution, carried a copy of Paradise Lost in his pocket everywhere he went, and the political philosopher Jeremy Bentham bought Milton’s old house in Westminster and put a plaque on its outer wall, stating ‘Sacred to Milton, Prince of Poets’. The critic William Hazlitt rented the house from Bentham, and turned the living room into a museum to Milton. The walls became swiftly covered in the signatures and messages of those who came to pay homage to the memory of the great poet.

On this module, you will find out why Milton has inspired poets, rebels, relic seekers, and scientists, and why it is hardly an exaggeration to say that Milton changed English literature forever. It will introduce you to Milton’s brave, clever, and often thrilling poetry, and, in doing so, it will make you aware of a vast network of allusions to Milton’s writing by many of the authors you will study elsewhere on this degree. By the time you complete this module, you will understand Paradise Lost as an intricate verbal universe in its own right; as a text that engages fiercely and rebelliously with the intellectual and political debates of its own time; and as the inspiration for writers from Dryden, to Pope, to Wordsworth, to Philip Pullman.

John Milton was a man so famous in his own time that French and Italian tourists tracked down his childhood home to see the chamber in which he had been born. He was even more famous after his death; indeed, his teeth, hair, fingers, and one of leg bones were stolen as relics in the eighteenth century. Charles Darwin, even as he wrote his theory of evolution, carried a copy of Paradise Lost in his pocket everywhere he went, and the political philosopher Jeremy Bentham bought Milton’s old house in Westminster and put a plaque on its outer wall, stating ‘Sacred to Milton, Prince of Poets’. The critic William Hazlitt rented the house from Bentham, and turned the living room into a museum to Milton. The walls became swiftly covered in the signatures and messages of those who came to pay homage to the memory of the great poet.

On this module, you will find out why Milton has inspired poets, rebels, relic seekers, and scientists, and why it is hardly an exaggeration to say that Milton changed English literature forever. It will introduce you to Milton’s brave, clever, and often thrilling poetry, and, in doing so, it will make you aware of a vast network of allusions to Milton’s writing by many of the authors you will study elsewhere on this degree. By the time you complete this module, you will understand Paradise Lost as an intricate verbal universe in its own right; as a text that engages fiercely and rebelliously with the intellectual and political debates of its own time; and as the inspiration for writers from Dryden, to Pope, to Wordsworth, to Philip Pullman.

John Milton was a man so famous in his own time that French and Italian tourists tracked down his childhood home to see the chamber in which he had been born. He was even more famous after his death; indeed, his teeth, hair, fingers, and one of leg bones were stolen as relics in the eighteenth century. Charles Darwin, even as he wrote his theory of evolution, carried a copy of Paradise Lost in his pocket everywhere he went, and the political philosopher Jeremy Bentham bought Milton’s old house in Westminster and put a plaque on its outer wall, stating ‘Sacred to Milton, Prince of Poets’. The critic William Hazlitt rented the house from Bentham, and turned the living room into a museum to Milton. The walls became swiftly covered in the signatures and messages of those who came to pay homage to the memory of the great poet.

On this module, you will find out why Milton has inspired poets, rebels, relic seekers, and scientists, and why it is hardly an exaggeration to say that Milton changed English literature forever. It will introduce you to Milton’s brave, clever, and often thrilling poetry, and, in doing so, it will make you aware of a vast network of allusions to Milton’s writing by many of the authors you will study elsewhere on this degree. By the time you complete this module, you will understand Paradise Lost as an intricate verbal universe in its own right; as a text that engages fiercely and rebelliously with the intellectual and political debates of its own time; and as the inspiration for writers from Dryden, to Pope, to Wordsworth, to Philip Pullman.

This module explores the cultural politics of the everyday, focusing in particular on how identity, digital technologies and human-nature relations shape contemporary life. It examines identities in a fractured world, the role of digital technologies in everyday life and evolving relationships with more-than-human worlds. Thus, the module links these themes to contemporary social debates of nationalism, digital wellbeing, and care ethics, offering tools to understand the cultural geographies of the 21st century.

This module explores the cultural politics of the everyday, focusing in particular on how identity, digital technologies and human-nature relations shape contemporary life. It examines identities in a fractured world, the role of digital technologies in everyday life and evolving relationships with more-than-human worlds. Thus, the module links these themes to contemporary social debates of nationalism, digital wellbeing, and care ethics, offering tools to understand the cultural geographies of the 21st century.

This module examines how politics is lived, negotiated, and contested in ordinary daily experiences rather than only within formal institutions. It provides an overview of core concepts and theoretical approaches that distinguish formal and institutional politics from everyday and micro-level forms of political action and meaning-making. The module is designed to engage you with contemporary debates about how power, identity, and governance operate beyond traditional political institutions, including in intimate relationships, the workplace, and lifestyle choices. Key themes may include the politics of dating and marriage, power relations at work, consumption and fashion, environmental and lifestyle activism, and the ways in which ordinary practices shape broader social and political outcomes.

Society often sees school as the sole site of learning. Yet people learn from a variety of sources, in a variety of places and for various reasons. The reality is that a great deal of learning takes place in the social and cultural contexts that are offered outside school - informal settings, such as museums, social media, traditional media, hobbies, friends, family and many more. This module will focus on the learning that happens in these contexts.
The module takes a hands-on-approach to understanding how to design learning activities for such environments.

Society often sees school as the sole site of learning. Yet people learn from a variety of sources, in a variety of places and for various reasons. The reality is that a great deal of learning takes place in the social and cultural contexts that are offered outside school - informal settings, such as museums, social media, traditional media, hobbies, friends, family and many more. This module will focus on the learning that happens in these contexts.
The module takes a hands-on-approach to understanding how to design learning activities for such environments.

Society often sees school as the sole site of learning. Yet people learn from a variety of sources, in a variety of places and for various reasons. The reality is that a great deal of learning takes place in the social and cultural contexts that are offered outside school - informal settings, such as museums, social media, traditional media, hobbies, friends, family and many more. This module will focus on the learning that happens in these contexts.
The module takes a hands-on-approach to understanding how to design learning activities for such environments.

Society often sees school as the sole site of learning. Yet people learn from a variety of sources, in a variety of places and for various reasons. The reality is that a great deal of learning takes place in the social and cultural contexts that are offered outside school - informal settings, such as museums, social media, traditional media, hobbies, friends, family and many more. This module will focus on the learning that happens in these contexts.
The module takes a hands-on-approach to understanding how to design learning activities for such environments.