Phillips Exeter Academy

English

Phillips Hall

Study English in recently renovated, media-equipped classrooms.

The Common Read

Our incoming ninth graders read the same text before the school year begins. The “common read” is part of a program intended to connect new students and prepare them for life at Exeter.

Featured Courses
ENG503

Creative Writing: Poetry

“Poetry,” wrote Robert Frost, “is a way of taking life by the throat.” From its origins in oral tradition and tribal lore, as well as its role in incantatory spiritual practice, poetry has carried in its rhythms the deep longings of humanity.

 

 

ENG585

Utopias & Dystopias in Literature

Fantastic societies have held a fascination for writers from Thomas More to the present day.

 

ENG572

Literature and the Land

In this course, students will participate in outdoor excursions that prompt them to contemplate their relationship to the natural world.

 

Lamont Poetry Series

This program brings two poets to campus each year to give readings of their poetry and to attend English classes. The Lamont Fund, established in 1982 by Corliss Lamont, class of 1920, and Jacquelyn Thomas, former Academy Librarian, supports the Lamont Poetry Series.

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