Reviews of Peer-Reviewed Journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences
We give you the scuttlebutt on academic journals—aiding you in selecting the right journal for publication—in reviews that are sometimes snarky, sometimes lengthy, always helpful. Written by Princeton University graduate students and Wendy Laura Belcher.
Category Archives: Literary Studies Journals
MLN (Modern Language Notes)
For those interested in publishing articles that explore French, German, Hispanic, or Italian literature, film, theory and pedagogy. MLN may not be quite as well-known … Continue reading
PMLA (Publications of the Modern Language Association)
For those interested publishing articles that discuss timely and culturally relevant literature and archival materials. For those looking to make broad connections (not close reading) … Continue reading
Journal of Modern Literature
For those interested in publishing articles that deal with literature from any language or tradition, 1900-present. Ranked 19 out of all literature journals by Google … Continue reading
French Forum
For those interested in publishing articles on French and Francophone Literature and films of all periods but preferably post-1900. Founded by Virginia and Raymond La … Continue reading
Essays in Romanticism
For those interested in publishing articles that engage some aspect of Romantic literature (mainly British or, in a few instances, German)—often complicating or developing a … Continue reading
Comparative Literature Studies
For those interested in publishing articles of a comparative nature on literary history, the history of ideas, critical theory, studies between authors, and literary relations … Continue reading
Modernism/modernity
For those interested in publishing articles that, as the journal’s name suggest, deal with either Modernism or the more broadly defined concept of modernity. As … Continue reading
The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation
For those interested in publishing articles on literature of the eighteenth century, mainly British (but articles can have New World or colonial connections), often with … Continue reading
Nineteenth-Century French Studies
For those who would like to publish scholarly articles on nineteenth-century French literature, culture, and social/political issues. NCFS is independent journal that purports to publish … Continue reading
Philosophy and Literature
For those who wish to publish articles in which they address an aesthetic object (usually literature) with an attitude explicitly attuned to formal concerns and … Continue reading
French Studies
For those interested in publishing articles that concern a broad range of topics in French and Francophone literature, film, culture, and theory from the medieval … Continue reading
Modern Philology
For those interested in publishing articles that speak to an aesthetic problem in a canonical text written before 1900 by a Western author, that deeply … Continue reading
Narrative
For those interested in publishing very formal articles that directly take up narrative theory and narratology and who are ready to subordinate their politics and … Continue reading
PMLA (Publications of the Modern Language Association)
For those interested publishing articles that discuss timely and culturally relevant literature and archival materials. For those looking to make broad connections (not close reading) … Continue reading
MELUS (Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States)
For those with articles that provincialize or problematize the idea of the U.S. and its literary output. MELUS is a quarterly journal, and one of … Continue reading
African American Review
For those with articles that have something substantial and innovative to say about canonical and non-canonical African American Literary texts; this journal is an especially … Continue reading
Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters
For those interested in publishing articles that creatively and/or critically engage with the work of African Americans and peoples of African descent throughout the African Diaspora. … Continue reading
Victorian Literature and Culture (stub)
Submit here if you have a really interesting, interdisciplinary article about Science, Race/Imperialism, Gender (mostly women), Death, Religion, Sympathy, Victorian institutions (museums, pawnshops, libraries, etc), … Continue reading
Victorians Institute Journal (stub)
For those interested in publishing close readings of a single work of a popular Victorian author, especially Hardy or Dickens.
Victorian Review (stub)
For those interested in publishing an article on a lesser known Victorian author or text, or one on an obscure topic in relation to a … Continue reading
Nineteenth Century Literature (stub)
For those interested in publishing articles with very broad claims about an author, discourse, or text.
Dickens Studies Annual (stub)
For those interested in publishing articles with close readings of any of Dickens’s novels or short stories or of his life and legacy.
Eighteenth-Century Life
Submit here if you’re writing about a canonical British author, have a historical (not theoretical) perspective, and want to talk about the author’s journals and … Continue reading
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Submit here if you have a substantial amount of historical or contemporary (aka 18th century) theoretical background or if you’re writing about something global (not … Continue reading
Journal of Postcolonial Writing
For those interested in publishing on texts written in English after 1950, particularly on an individual postcolonial author or text; a critique of contemporary postcolonial … Continue reading
Comparative Literature
For those interested in publishing theoretically rigorous articles with large claims on different national or linguistic literatures and with a focus on transmission or circulation. … Continue reading
SEL: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900
Submit here if you don’t mind waiting for the annual issue on your time period; if you’re working in the 19th century, submit if you have … Continue reading
Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature
Submit here if you’re writing about women (especially multiple works by a single author) and talk really explicitly about the larger implications of your argument. … Continue reading
ELH (English Literary History)
For those interested in publishing a traditionally structured article (historical/ theoretical background followed by close reading); if you’re working in the 19th century, write about … Continue reading