Department of English

English professor Russell Peck is being remembered as much for his eminent medieval scholarship as his excellence in teaching.

Baseball broadcasting expert Curt Smith reflects on how the late Hall of Famer brought a cerebral edge to the game he loved.

English professor Bette London explores the evolution and continued resonance of remembrance rituals in post-World War I Britain in a new book.

Fellowship is the latest production commissioned as part of the International Theatre Program’s New Voice Initiative supporting early-career playwrights

The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet will give a reading as part of the University of Rochester’s 202–23 Hyam Plutzik Memorial Reading Series—one of the nation’s oldest literary reading series.

Baseball broadcasting expert Curt Smith penned an essay for the Library of Congress about Milo Hamilton’s memorable home run call.

The author of multiple books on baseball, its storied stadiums and legendary broadcasters, recalls a baseball broadcasting legend.

The English professor and acclaimed poet devoted his life’s work to studying, teaching, and writing poetry.

In a University career of more than 45 year, the professor emeritus’s research interests included Restoration biography, the Earl of Rochester, and 18th-century literature.

Here are a few things to know about the literary masterpiece that has exhilarated and confounded its readers for 100 years.