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Information for Authors

The Cambridge Quarterly was established on, and remains committed to, the principle that literature is an art, and that the purpose of art is to give pleasure and enlightenment. The journal devotes itself principally to literary criticism and its fundamental aim to take a critical look at accepted views. The Cambridge Quarterly also regularly publishes articles on music, cinema, painting and sculpture, and endows a prize for, and publishes, the best Cambridge University Finals dissertation each year. It has the status of a refereed journal.

apn1000@cantab.netContributions are warmly welcomed and should be sent, preferably electronically, to apn1000@cantab.net.(See Guide for authors preparing electronic documents for submission.). Alternatively, hard copy may be sent to:

The Editors
The Cambridge Quarterly
Clare College
Cambridge CB2 1TL
Email: apn1000@cantab.net

Two copies of each article should be submitted. These should be typescript, double spaced throughout (i.e. including references and quotations) and with ample margins. References, quotation marks (N.B. single, not double, for standard quotations), etc. should conform to the recent style of the journal. There should not be separate biblographies but full references given as footnotes. Footnotes should not exceed an average maximum of 25 per cent of the printed page. They too should be double spaced and listed at the end of the manuscript. No responsibility is accepted for loss or damage to scripts and these are not returned unless stamped and addressed envelopes are sent. Instructions for preparing and submitting manuscripts electronically are available at Guide for authors preparing electronic documents for submission

Submission of books for review to: F. Johnston, St. Anne's College, Woodstock Rd, Oxford, OX2 6HS. Unsolicited book reviews are not normally accepted.

Articles submitted for publication must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Permission to reproduce copyright material must have been obtained by the author and acknowledgements should be included where appropriate.

Proofs

Proofs will be sent via email direct from the Production Editor as pdf attachments to authors for correction and should be returned within three days of receipt to the address provided. No changes to content are permitted at this stage and alterations are restricted to correction of typographical errors.

Licence to Publish

It is a condition of publication in the Journal that authors grant licence to The Cambridge Quarterly. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. Authors may use their own material in other publications provided that the Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Oxford University Press is notified in writing and in advance.

Author Self-Archiving/Public Access policy from May 2005

For information about this journal's policy, please visit our Author Self-Archiving policy page.

Offprints

If you wish to purchase offprints these can be ordered if you complete and send back the form attached to the proof email. In addition, contributors of articles and reviews will receive a gratis copy of the issue in which their submission appears.

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