American Quote by Gavin Esler

As an undergraduate I majored in British and American literature at Rice University.

— David Eagleman

I did my BA in English lit, and hated the restriction - I'd always read more in translation than not; coming from a working-class…

— Deborah Smith

I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I really liked English literature, a subject I did really well at.

— Eniola Aluko

Victorian literature was my subject at Harvard.

— Margaret Atwood

At Harvard, I majored in English Literature.

— Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Remember, I have a Ph.D. in English literature.

— Henry Louis Gates

My master's degree was in English literature.

— Sylvia Browne

I can read Middle English stories, Geoffrey Chaucer or Sir Thomas Malory, but once I start moving in the direction of contemporary fantasy, my…

— David Eddings

I went to school for theater and English literature.

— Ryan Serhant

I was never particularly academic, so it was no great surprise when I failed my 11-plus and consequently went to Wibsey Secondary Modern. I…

— Kiki Dee

All of my education at Harvard, then Oxford, then Paris was in literature - even my thesis was on Shakespeare.

— Jonathan Kozol