Welcome

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Welcome to SEL Studies in English Literature 1500–1900, a journal of historical and critical studies published quarterly for Rice University by Johns Hopkins University Press. SEL seeks essays that make original, readable contributions to literary criticism across four centuries of British literature: English Renaissance, Tudor and Stuart Drama, Restoration and Eighteenth Century, and Nineteenth Century. We invite innovative work of the highest caliber from literary scholars internationally at any stage of their careers, and we especially welcome submissions from historically excluded perspectives.

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SEL invites new work!
See our open call for papers.

Click here for submissions guidelines and author FAQ.

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Why send your work to SEL?

• Currently, our review turnaround on submissions takes an average of 60 days.

• We provide resources and training for our editorial assistants, who enable our thorough fact-checking and copyediting process. We are pleased to sustain this work and provide support for our authors.

• SEL represents 65 years of rigorous, high-quality scholarship!

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Why subscribe to SEL?

• SEL features cutting-edge literary analysis across 400 years of English literature.

• The journal has been published for 65 years and is internationally recognized for its preeminent status among literary journals.

• Issues contain new features in the Living Discourse Initiative that bring immediacy back to scholarly discourse.

• We have updated themed review essays focusing on discrete areas of scholarly inquiry.

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