School of English

Journals

English faculty edit many well known journals and book series.

Arden Critical Companions

Editors: Andrew Hadfield and Paul Hammond

The Arden Critical Companions explore a variety of different critical approaches to Shakespeare and his plays and provide fresh insight to the student, scholar and theatre-goer. Engaging, lucid and readable, the Arden Critical Companions make leading contemporary scholarship accessible and provide fresh insight to the student, scholar and theatre-goer. By putting Shakespeare's work into context, highlighting the culture in which he lived and worked, and examining the different ways in which his plays have been interpreted, each volume helps the reader develop a richer understanding of both individual plays and his work as a whole.

Early Modern Literature in History Series

Editors: Andrew Hadfield and Cedric Brown

Within the period 1520-1740, this series discusses many different kinds of writing, both within and outside the established canon. The volumes may employ different theoretical perspectives, but they share an historical awareness and an interest in seeing their texts in lively negotiation with their own and successive cultures.

Hegel Bulletin

Editor: Katerina Deligiorgi

The Hegel Society of Great Britain (HSGB) is a forum for those interested in the work of the German philosopher G.W.F.Hegel (1770-1831), his predecessors and contemporaries, his followers and his critics.

Renaissance Studies

Editor: Andrew Hadfield

Renaissance Studies is a multi-disciplinary journal which publishes articles and editions of documents on all aspects of Renaissance history and culture. The articles range over the history, art, architecture, religion, literature, and languages of Europe during the period.

World Picture

Editors: John David RhodesBrian Price and Meghan Sutherland

World Picture is devoted to philosophical and theoretical inquiry, with a strong emphasis on the visual, the cinematic, the televisual, and contemporary art. It appears twice annually and is online and open access.

The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory

Editors: Adriana Bontea and David Tucker

The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory provides a narrative bibliography of work in the field of critical and cultural theory, recording significant debates and issues of interest in a broad field of research in the humanities and social sciences. As the field of critical and cultural studies expands, so the range and scope of the volume grow, and volumes now include chapters on Queer theories and cultures and Film Studies. Future volumes will continue this development, particularly in the field of cultural theory and new areas developing in the USA and Australia.

Textual Practice

Editor: Peter Boxall

Textual Practice is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes essays on critical thought and its relationship to textuality. Over the last twenty five years, it has helped to shape literary criticism and theory in an international context. Previous editors include Terry Hawkes, Alan Sinfied and Peter Nicholls.