Portrait of Leo Tolstoy in His Study, Ilya Repin, The State Literature Museum Moscow, 1891.

Graduate Admissions

The application deadline is January 1. Please visit the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences to request an application packet or to apply online.

Applicants are required to submit official results of the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), as administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). The GRE Subject Test in Literature is also required for both MA and PhD applications. The ETS Institution Code for the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences is R3087.

Reading Boston
On the Page and On Foot

English Class Animates City’s Literary and Cultural Geography

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Making Sense
of Ethnicity

Featured Graduate Student
Emily Donaldson Field

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Featured
Faculty Member

Gene Jarrett, Associate Professor of English

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