Fabric for English and literature students

Novels, critical essays, lecture notes, essay drafts, secondary criticism, theory texts, poetry collections, seminar handouts. English students read widely and deeply, and the essay-writing process depends on finding the right quote, tracing a theme across texts, and connecting a critical argument to a specific passage. The quote you need is in one of the novels or essays you've read, and finding it means re-reading chapters until you recognise the passage. The critical framework from the theory text connects to the novel in a way the lecturer outlined three weeks ago, but the lecture notes, the theory, and the novel are in three different places.

Upload your set texts and critical readings to Fabric. The AI assistant helps you find quotes, trace themes across texts, and build arguments. "Find every passage in Middlemarch that references money." "How does Said's argument in the week 6 reading connect to the themes in the novel?" "Compare how the two critical essays on my reading list interpret the ending." AI tutor that knows your specific set texts and can discuss them at the level your course requires.

An AI tutor for close reading and critical argument

The AI assistant works from your set texts, critical essays, theory texts, lecture notes, and your own drafts. Ask it to find passages that support a thematic argument. Ask it to compare critical perspectives on a text from your reading list. Ask it to help you develop a close reading using the theoretical framework from your course. Ask it to quiz you on the key texts, critics, and movements from your modules. It works at the level your programme demands because it's read what your programme assigned.

The assistant has memory across sessions. It knows which texts you've studied, which essays you've written, and can build on your developing critical perspective.

Search across texts by theme, concept, and language

AI search finds material by literary concept and theme: "imagery of decay in the Gothic readings" or "every critical essay that discusses narrative voice" or "passages about domesticity in the Victorian novels" across your library. The search works by meaning, so it finds thematic connections even when the language varies across texts and periods.

Record lectures and seminars

AI voice notes record and transcribe lectures, seminars, and tutorial discussions. The lecturer's close reading, the seminar debate about interpretation, the tutor's feedback on your essay plan, all captured and searchable. Your typed notes and the transcript merge into one document. See lecture notes.

Annotate texts and criticism

Annotations let you highlight passages, mark quotes, note thematic connections, and flag critical arguments across your readings. Your annotations are searchable across your full library, so a note about symbolism in one text is findable when the same motif appears in another.

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Write essays alongside your texts

Draft essays in notes and docs with your set texts, criticism, and lecture notes searchable alongside. When you need to find a quote, check a critical argument, or verify an interpretation, search without leaving the draft. The canvas helps you map an argument's structure, arrange textual evidence by theme, or compare critical perspectives visually.

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Upload your set texts and get a tutor that reads at your level. Try Fabric free.

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FAQs

Can the AI find quotes across my set texts?

Yes. AI search finds passages by theme, concept, or description across every text in your library.

Can the AI discuss texts at an academic level?

Yes. The AI assistant works from your assigned critical readings and set texts. It discusses at the level your programme requires because it's read what you've been assigned.

Can I trace themes across multiple texts?

Yes. Ask the AI to find thematic connections across novels, essays, poetry, and critical readings from your syllabus.

Can I compare critical perspectives?

Yes. Ask it to compare how different critics on your reading list interpret the same text or theme. It cites the specific passages.

Can I record seminars?

Yes. AI voice notes record and transcribe any session with timestamps.

Can I annotate texts with searchable notes?

Yes. Annotations let you highlight and comment on any text. Your notes are searchable across your full library.

Does it remember my critical development?

Yes. The assistant has memory across sessions and builds on your engagement with the texts.

Is my data private?

Yes. Fabric uses AES-256 encryption and is CASA Tier 2 compliant. Your data is never used to train AI models.