Great Courses in English Studies

A curated directory of standout university lecture series, full-length OpenCourseWare offerings, and high-production MOOCs designed to deepen textual intuition, period knowledge, and analytical rigor.

Major Authors & The American Novel

• The American Novel Since 1945 (Open Yale Courses — Prof. Amy Hungerford)
• Milton (Open Yale Courses — Prof. John Rogers)
• Major Authors: Melville and Morrison (MIT OCW — Prof. Wyn Kelley)

Modern Poetics & Lyric Traditions

• Modern Poetry (Open Yale Courses — Prof. Langdon Hammer)
• Modern & Contemporary American Poetry — "ModPo" (Coursera / University of Pennsylvania — Prof. Al Filreis)
• Studies in Poetry: "Does Poetry Matter? Poetry and Technology" (MIT OCW — Prof. Stephen Tapscott)
• Literary Interpretation: Interpreting Poetry (MIT OCW — Prof. Stephen Tapscott)

Shakespeare, Drama & Performance

• Shakespeare’s Life and Work (Harvard University / edX — Prof. Stephen Greenblatt)
• Shakespeare's Hamlet: The Ghost (Harvard University / edX — Prof. Stephen Greenblatt)

World Literature & Historical Narrative

• Masterpieces of World Literature (Harvard University / edX — Profs. David Damrosch & Martin Puchner)
• Modern Masterpieces of World Literature (Harvard University / edX — Profs. David Damrosch & Martin Puchner)
• Plagues, Witches, and War: The Worlds of Historical Fiction (Coursera / University of Virginia — Prof. Bruce Holsinger)