Texas Studies in Literature and Language
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University of Texas Press
Description:
QUARTERLY · 6 x 9 · 136 PAGES/ISSUE · ISSN 0040-4691 · E-ISSN 1534-7303
An established journal of literary criticism publishing substantial essays reflecting a variety of critical approaches and covering all periods of literary history.
Recent Issues
Summer 2022, 64:2
Spring 2022, 64.1
Winter 2021, 63:4
Fall 2021, 63.3
Summer 2021, 63.2
Spring 2021, 63:1
Winter 2020, 62:4
Fall 2020, 62:3
Summer 2020, 62:2
Spring 2020, 62:1
Winter 2019, 61:4
Fall 2019, 61:3
Summer 2019, 61:2
Spring 2019, 61:1
Winter 2018, 60:4
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Spring 2018, 60:1
Winter 2017, 59:4
Fall 2017, 59:3
Summer 2017, 59:2
Spring 2017, 59:1
Winter 2016, 58:4
Fall 2016, 58:3
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Winter 2015, 57:4
Fall 2015, 57:3
Summer 2015, 57:2
Spring 2015, 57:1
Winter 2014, 56:4
Fall 2014, 56:3
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Winter 2013, 55:4
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Winter 2012, 54:4
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Winter 2002, 44:4
Fall 2002, 44:3
Summer 2002, 44:2
Spring 2002, 44:1
Winter 2001, 43:4
Fall 2001, 43:3
Summer 2001, 43:2
Spring 2001, 43:1
Winter 2000, 42:4
Fall 2000, 42:3
Summer 2000, 42:2
Spring 2000, 42:1
Winter 1999, 41:4
Fall 1999, 41:3
Summer 1999, 41:2
Spring 1999, 41:1
Winter 1998, 40:4
Fall 1998, 40:3
Summer 1998, 40:2
Spring 1998, 40:1
Winter 1997, 39:4
Fall 1997, 39:3
Summer 1997, 39:2
Spring 1997, 39:1
Fall/Winter 1996, 38:3/4
Summer 1996, 38:2
Spring 1996, 38:1
- "The Moon Slides Down the Stair/To See Who's There": The Poetics of the Crossword and the Cross Words of Poetics
- David Ben-Merre
- Transnational Intimacy in Israel Potter
- Yoshiaki Furui
- Between Transgression and Conviviality: Everyday Urban Space and the Carnivalesque Strategies in The Lonely Londoners
- Bomi Jeon
- Owning a Sense of Perversity in Ellen Wood's East Lynne
- Sun Jai Kim
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Spring 2022, 64.1
- The Surprising Success of C.R. Maturin's Bertram: A Collaboration with Scott, Byron, Kean and Murray
- Jae Young Park
- Jinjitsu of the Spirit: Trublood, His Audience, and Lyrical Subversion in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
- Joel Peckham
- The Reading Closet
- Sunggyung Jo
- Reading Post-slavery Subjectivities in Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
- Teresa Feroli
- A...
Winter 2021, 63:4
- The Politics of the Poison Pen: Communism, Caricature, and Scapegoats in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
- Luke Sayers
- Compromised Men and Aspiring Women: The Fatality of Romance in James M. Cain's Depression-Era Novels
- Robert Lance Snyder
- Silence, Space, and Absence in Joseph Conrad's African Fiction
- John G. Peters
- The Dialectics of Barbarous Civilization: Black Transnational Modernsim in Claude Mckay's Banjo<...>
Fall 2021, 63.3
- Creative Creatures
- Patricia clare Ingham
- Charles d'Orléans's "Fowle Langage"
- Holly Barbaccia
- "The Surface on Which You Work": Self-Alienation and the Culture of Narcissism in The Edible Woman
- Cailin Flannery Roles
- Miserable Communions: Sentimentality in Claudia Rankine's Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric
- Annie Bolotin
- A Man in Search of Family: Kinship and Decline in Mich...
Summer 2021, 63.2
- The Wizard of Awe: An Introduction in Three Parts
- Domino R, Perez
- "You Are a Cortez!": Robert Rodriguez's Tejano Sensibility and Restorative Kinship in the Spy Kids Series
- Jennifer Lozano
- The Latinx Fantastic: Robert Rodriguez and the Power of His Speculative Storytelling
- Christopher González
- Robert Rodriguez: Teaching Creativity
- Charles Ramírez Berg
- Speculative-Real Ethnoracial...
Spring 2021, 63:1
Winter 2020, 62:4
Fall 2020, 62:3
Summer 2020, 62:2
Spring 2020, 62:1
Winter 2019, 61:4
Fall 2019, 61:3
Summer 2019, 61:2
Spring 2019, 61:1
Winter 2018, 60:4
Fall 2018, 60:3
Summer 2018, 60:2
Spring 2018, 60:1
Winter 2017, 59:4
Fall 2017, 59:3
Summer 2017, 59:2
Spring 2017, 59:1
Winter 2016, 58:4
Fall 2016, 58:3
Summer 2016, 58:2
Spring 2016, 58:1
Winter 2015, 57:4
Fall 2015, 57:3
Summer 2015, 57:2
Spring 2015, 57:1
Winter 2014, 56:4
Fall 2014, 56:3
Summer 2014, 56:2
Spring 2014, 56:1
Winter 2013, 55:4
Fall 2013, 55:3
Summer 2013, 55:2
Spring 2013, 55:1
Winter 2012, 54:4
Fall 2012, 54:3
Summer 2012, 54:2
Spring 2012, 54:1
Winter 2011, 53:4
Fall 2011, 53:3
Summer 2011, 53:2
Spring 2011, 53:1
Winter 2010, 52:4
Fall 2010, 52:3
Summer 2010, 52:2
Spring 2010, 52:1
Winter 2009, 51:4
Fall 2009, 51:3
Summer 2009, 51:2
Spring 2009, 51:1
Winter 2008, 50:4
Fall 2008, 50:3
Summer 2008, 50:2
Spring 2008, 50:1
Winter 2007, 49:4
Fall 2007, 49:3
Summer 2007, 49:2
Spring 2007, 49:1
Winter 2006, 48:4
Fall 2006, 48:3
Summer 2006, 48:2
Spring 2006, 48:1
Winter 2005, 47:4
Fall 2005, 47:3
Summer 2005, 47:2
Spring 2005, 47:1
Winter 2004, 46:4
Fall 2004, 46:3
Summer 2004, 46:2
Spring 2004, 46:1
Winter 2003, 45:4
Fall 2003, 45:3
Summer 2003, 45:2
Spring 2003, 45:1
Winter 2002, 44:4
Fall 2002, 44:3
Summer 2002, 44:2
Spring 2002, 44:1
Winter 2001, 43:4
Fall 2001, 43:3
Summer 2001, 43:2
Spring 2001, 43:1
Winter 2000, 42:4
Fall 2000, 42:3
Summer 2000, 42:2
Spring 2000, 42:1
Winter 1999, 41:4
Fall 1999, 41:3
Summer 1999, 41:2
Spring 1999, 41:1
Winter 1998, 40:4
Fall 1998, 40:3
Summer 1998, 40:2
Spring 1998, 40:1
Winter 1997, 39:4
Fall 1997, 39:3
Summer 1997, 39:2
Spring 1997, 39:1
Fall/Winter 1996, 38:3/4
Summer 1996, 38:2
Spring 1996, 38:1
Submissions:
Texas Studies in Literature and Language invites essays in all areas and eras of literary studies and on American, British, and world literature. Please submit manuscripts of 8,000–10,000 words, inclusive of notes and works cited, in the most recent version of Word and MLA format (TSLL uses the MLA Handbook, 9th edition). Submissions must be double-spaced in Courier font and 12-point type and should not contain information that reveals the author’s identity. Manuscripts should be sent to: TSLL@austin.utexas.edu. Receipt of a manuscript is acknowledged. Decisions take two to four months and require strong recommendations from one to three reviewers and the editors. Please note we will review only one submission per author per year. TSLL does not accept notes or book reviews.
Manuscripts and editorial correspondence: TSLL@austin.utexas.edu.
Editorial Office:
Editors
Douglas Bruster and James H. Cox
Dept. of English
1 University Station, B5000
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-0195
Douglas Bruster and James H. Cox
Dept. of English
1 University Station, B5000
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-0195
Indexers:
Texas Studies in Literature and Language is indexed and/or abstracted by Academic Search Premier, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Current Contents—Arts & Humanities, Humanities International Complete, IBZ (International Bibliography of Periodical Literature), Literary Criticism Register, MHRA Annual Bibliography of English Languages and Literature, MLA Bibliography, Sociological Abstracts, and Web of Science.
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