Oxford Journals celebrates launch of Contemporary Women’s Writing with inaugural double issue
29 January 2008Oxford Journals is delighted to announce the launch of Contemporary Women’s Writing. This exciting new journal, unique in its field, critically assesses writing by women authors who have published from 1970 to the present.
The journal, published with support from the Contemporary Women’s Writing Network and co-edited by Mary Eagleton and Susan Stanford Friedman, is open to work on literature in English and other languages, and welcomes submissions relating to all literary forms and from a wide variety of theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives.Clare Morton, Senior Editor, Humanities, Oxford Journals, commented: “We are delighted that Contemporary Women’s Writing has joined our literature list. The journal focuses on a fascinating and engaging area of study and is a timely response to the growing popularity of the study of women’s writing in English departments. We’re looking forward to working with the editorial team to take this journal from strength to strength.”
Mary Eagleton, co-editor, added: “Looking now at the first double issue, I am struck not only by the quality of the articles but by two other factors: firstly, the internationalism of the journal both in terms of content and location of contributors - something we very much want to build on in future issues; and secondly, the sense of openness to a wide range of contemporary women's writing and an impressive variety of critical approaches.”
The journal joins a prestigious and expanding literature list at Oxford Journals, which includes titles such as Literary Imagination and The Review of English Studies.
In celebration of the launch, the first issue of Contemporary Women’s Writing is a double issue and features a freely available article by Rachel Blau DuPlessis, entitled ‘Quodlibet: or the Pleasures of Engagement’. This article, and the rest of the special issue, is now available online.
For further information about this title, and subscription and publication information, please visit the journal homepage.
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