Research

Research Projects

The Institute of English Studies hosts a number of major research projects.

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T.S. Eliot Editorial Project
Editing the poetry, plays, prose and correspondence of T.S. Eliot.

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Redefining the Canon of Elizabethan Drama
Emerging out of the work undertaken on The Complete Works of John Ford

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The Virtual Museum of Writing
The Museum of Writing's collections as digital images.

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The Oxford Francis Bacon Project
Producting a new 15-volume critical edition of the works of Francis Bacon.

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History of Oxford University Press
The History of the Oxford University Press in four volumes.

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Reading Experience Database
A collection of more than 25,000 records of reading experience.

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Complete Works of John Ford
A new edition of John Ford's Collected Works

Portrait of William Sharp

The William Sharp 'Fiona Mcleod' Archive
William Sharp's writings for study and research.

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The Ministry of Information

AHRC-funded project on the Ministry of Information

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Catalogue of English Literary Manuscripts 1450-1700
An on-line record of  manuscript sources for over 200 major British authors.

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Digital Catalogue of Illuminated MSS 
Catalogue descriptions & images from the British Library's collections. 

Blackburn

Blackburn’s Worthy Citizen’: The Philanthropic Legacy of R. E. Hart
A project funded by the AHRC and Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery