Not sure what you'll be studying this year cos they may have changed the course but last year we had a FAT Romanticism (Keats, Coleridge, Byron etc) anthology, had to read 2 Jane Austen books n get two critical practice books (waste of time but u have to!), the rest depends on what modules you take. I reccommend Fiction, Truth, Politics and Childhood & Adolescence in Literature - both Comparitive Literary modules but they joy of the first year is that you can choose from any Humanities!
Early Drama was the bane of my life and I despised it - too much history but very interesting all the same. Make sure you get ur facts right if you take that course.
Insurance accommodation - most of my friends who got in on insurance ended up in Eliot College, nice place v social, probably best college next to Keynes. The clearings ended up in Darwin...the only good night to be there is Tuesday...