Editors
Dr Rebecca Pinner
Dr William Rossiter
Dr Nonia Williams
Poetry Editor
Professor Tiffany Atkinson
Book Reviews Editor
Dr Jeremy Noel-Tod
About the journal
English: Journal of the English Association is dedicated to new developments in English Studies. It publishes work that speaks to the discipline as a whole, including reflections on pedagogy and on the place of English Literature in the world beyond academia.
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Call for Submissions
English: Journal of the English Association publishes scholarship on a wide range of authors and literary texts, and particularly encourages submissions which speak to the discipline as a whole. Our readership comprises schoolteachers as well as academics, so we provide a platform for scholars and educators to reflect on the key questions facing our discipline. Recently published work includes a guest-edited special issue on Poetry in Expanded Translation, two fora on decolonizing English studies, and a recurring 'View From Here' section that features colleagues from around the world. English is one of the few academic literary journals to publish poetry. As well as publishing reviews, we are interested in receiving pitches for reviews of recent books which survey new developments in English Studies.
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2022 Postgraduate Essay Prize
English is delighted to announce its 2022 Postgraduate Essay Prize. It is open to all students currently registered on a PhD and writing on a topic in English Literature. Winners get a cash prize and publication in the journal, while all entries are considered for publication and receive specialist peer review. Explore the past winning essays.
Winner: Georgia Walton, 'Emerson and the Lyric Essay in Maggie Nelson’s Bluets'
Runners up:
Minh Vu, 'Leftover Liquids and The Moisture of Mourning and Melancholia in Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous'
William Taylor, '"A benevolent technology": Desiring-production and the Petromodern Death Drive in J. G. Ballard’s Crash'
An Introduction From the Editors
We are delighted to welcome the new editors of English, Dr David Nowell Smith and Dr Nonia Williams. Read their inaugural editorial and learn more about their aims for the future of the journal.
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The View from Here
The View from Here is a feature in the journal that looks at global approaches to the discipline of English. All articles are free to read.
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Spotlight on Poetry
Unlike many academic journals, English publishes original poetry pieces in every issue. Read the latest Spotlight on Poetry piece selected by our poetry editor.
Resource for Teachers
Drawing on the journal’s rich history of work on key texts in the canon of English literature, this issue has been designed to help teachers and students delve deeper into key exam board texts.
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