Web Resources for Literary Studies: Journals
This is a select list of scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals and of other (quasi-scholarly and commercial) journals of interest to literary studies students. Only journals that provide free access to all or part of their content are listed. I have excluded journals that are readily available to academic users through proprietary databases such as JSTOR and Project MUSE. My aim is to suggest what more is available on the internet, beyond what most academic users can find already to hand in these databases. |
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First, I’ve listed general journals of interest to literary studies students: |
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Journals of General Interest (Go) |
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I’ve categorized more specialized journals according to the scheme that I use in other parts of this web guide, starting with English-language dominated literatures and cultures: |
Australian & New Zealand Literature and Culture (Go) |
British & Irish Literature and Culture (Go) |
Canadian Literature and Culture (Go) |
Caribbean Literature and Culture (Go) |
U.S. Literature and Culture (Go) |
Other English-Language Literatures & General Anglophone Literary Culture (Go) |
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Next, I list some journals for European literatures (including, for instance, the literature of Graeco-Roman antiquity): |
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European Literature and Culture (Go) |
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Next, I list journals addressing World Literature (in general) and literatures of other regions of the world, beyond Europe and the English-speaking world: |
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World Literature and Culture (Go) |
East Asian & Southeast Asian Literature and Culture (Go) |
South Asian Literature and Culture (Go) |
North African & Middle Eastern Literature and Culture (Go) |
Sub-Saharan African Literature and Culture (Go) |
Latin American Literature and Culture (Go) |
Other Particular Literatures and Cultures of the World (Go) |
Finally, I include a single alphabetical index of all the journals included in this guide: |
Index of All Journals (Go) |
Journals of General Interest (table of contents)
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Academe (journal of the AAUP) |
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http://www.aaup.org/publications/Academe/index.htm (vols. 84-present; 1998-present) [03/2005] selected articles available online from each issue |
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Bad Subjects |
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(vol. 1-present; 1992-present) [04/2005] |
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Borderlands e-journal |
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http://www.borderlandsejournal.adelaide.edu.au/index.html (nos. 1-present; 2002-present) [04/2005] |
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Counterpunch |
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(current issue & archive to 1999) [04/2005] |
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LiP Magazine |
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(current issue & some content from back issues available) [04/2005] |
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New Left Review |
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(selected content from current and back issues, since 2000) [04/2005] |
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Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly |
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http://www.puaf.umd.edu/IPPP/quarterly.html (full content from vol. 17 [1997] forward available) [11/2005] |
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TLS: Times Literary Supplement |
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selected content from current issue freely available [03/2005] |
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Z Magazine |
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http://zmagsite.zmag.org/zmoarch.html (Jan. 1997-half year ago) [04/2005] |
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Australian & New Zealand Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Australian Humanities Review |
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http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/ (nos. 1-present; 1996-present) [03/2005] |
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British & Irish Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Early Modern Culture: An Electronic Seminar |
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http://eserver.org/emc/default.html (no. 1-present; 2000-present) [03/2005] |
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Early Modern Literary Studies |
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http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/emlshome.html (vols. 1-present; 1995-present) [03/2005] |
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Electronic British Library Journal |
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http://www.bl.uk/collections/eblj/eblj.html (2002-present) [03/2005] |
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Romanticism on the Net |
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(no.1-present; 1996-present) [07/2005] |
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Canadian Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews |
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http://www.canadianpoetry.ca/abtcpjr.htm (vols. 1-47; 1977-2000) [03/2005] |
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Caribbean Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Despite my placement of Caribbean literature among the English-language dominated literatures, this section is not meant to be limited to the English-speaking Caribbean. Journals discussing writers who are of Caribbean background, but who have subsequently moved elsewhere—often to Britain, the United States, or Canada—are also included here. |
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Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal |
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http://scholar.library.miami.edu/anthurium/home.htm (vols. 1-present; 2003-present) [06/2005] |
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U.S. Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture 1900 to Present |
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http://www.americanpopularculture.com/journal/index.htm (vols. 1-present; 2002-present) [06/2005] |
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Other English-Language Literatures & General Anglophone Literary Culture (table of contents)
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European Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Histos: Electronic Journal of Ancient Historiography |
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http://www.dur.ac.uk/Classics/histos/index.html (vols.1-4; 1997-2000) [ceased publication] [04/2005] |
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World Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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The journals listed in this general World Literature section also often contain material devoted to some of the more particular geocultural regions listed below and should be consulted by anyone interested in a more particular region. |
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Journal of World Systems Research |
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(vol. 1 [1995]-present) |
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Metamorphoses: A Journal of Literary Translation |
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http://www.smith.edu/metamorphoses/ (1997-present) [selected content available online] [05/2005] |
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East Asian & Southeast Asian Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Indonesia (Cornell Univ.) |
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http://cip.library.cornell.edu/Indonesia (vol. 1-present; 1966-present) [12/2005] |
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Intersections: Gender, History & Culture in the Asian Context |
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http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/ (nos. 1-present; 1998-present) [03/2005] |
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South Asian Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Annual of Urdu Studies |
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http://www.urdustudies.com/index.html (vols. 1-present; 1981-present) [03/2005] |
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East |
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(vols. 17.2-present; 1997-present) [03/2005] |
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Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics |
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(nos. 1-[26]; 2000-present) [04/2005] |
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Intersections: Gender, History & Culture in the Asian Context |
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http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/ (nos. 1-present; 1998-present) [03/2005] |
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Lines (focus on Sri Lanka) |
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http://www.lines-magazine.org/index.html (vols. 1-present; 2002-present) [03/2005] |
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The Little Magazine (Delhi) |
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http://www.littlemag.com/about/about.html (2000-present) selected content available online |
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Monsoon Magazine |
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http://www.monsoonmag.com/main.html (vols. 1-present; 1999-present) [English350] [03/2005] |
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Sagar: A South Asia Graduate Research Journal |
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http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/pages/sagar/index.html (vols. 1-present; 1994-present) [03/2005] |
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Samar: South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection |
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(nos. 13-penultimate issue; 2000- ) [03/2005; not responding 29 July 2005] (older issues are being brought online gradually) |
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Seminar |
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(1999-penultimate issue) [04/2005] |
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North African & Middle Eastern Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East |
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(vols. 17.2-present; 1997-present) [03/2005] |
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Sub-Saharan African Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Africa Review of Books / La Revue Africaine des Livres |
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http://www.codesria.org/Links/Publications/Journals/africa_review_books.htm (launched Dec. 2003 by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, but only the first issue is available as yet) [06/2005] |
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African Review of Books |
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http://www.africanreviewofbooks.com/ (a journalistic review, rather than a strictly academic one, but with much useful material) [06/2005] |
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African Studies Quarterly |
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http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/index.htm (vols. 1-present; 1997-present) [03/2005] |
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East |
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(vols. 17.2-present; 1997-present) [03/2005] |
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Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies |
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(nos. 1-present; 2000-present) [03/2005] |
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West Africa Review |
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http://www.westafricareview.com/ (vols. 1-present; 1999-present) [03/2005] |
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Latin American Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Other Particular Literatures and Cultures of the World (table of contents)
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Index of all Journals (table of contents)
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Academe (journal of the AAUP) |
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http://www.aaup.org/publications/Academe/index.htm (vols. 84-present; 1998-present) [03/2005] selected articles available online from each issue |
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Africa Review of Books / La Revue Africaine des Livres |
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http://www.codesria.org/Links/Publications/Journals/africa_review_books.htm (launched Dec. 2003 by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, but only the first issue is available as yet) [06/2005] |
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African Review of Books |
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http://www.africanreviewofbooks.com/ (a journalistic review, rather than a strictly academic one, but with much useful material) [06/2005] |
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African Studies Quarterly |
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http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/index.htm (vols. 1-present; 1997-present) [03/2005] |
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Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture 1900 to Present |
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http://www.americanpopularculture.com/journal/index.htm (vols. 1-present; 2002-present) [06/2005] |
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Annual of Urdu Studies |
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http://www.urdustudies.com/index.html (vols. 1-present; 1981-present) [03/2005] |
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Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal |
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http://scholar.library.miami.edu/anthurium/home.htm (vols. 1-present; 2003-present) [06/2005] |
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Applied Semiotics/Sémiotique appliquée |
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http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/french/as-sa/index.html (nos. 1-present; 1996-present) [03/2005] |
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Australian Humanities Review |
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http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/ (nos. 1-present; 1996-present) [03/2005] |
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Bad Subjects |
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(vol. 1-present; 1992-present) [04/2005] |
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Borderlands e-journal |
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http://www.borderlandsejournal.adelaide.edu.au/index.html (nos. 1-present; 2002-present) [04/2005] |
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Canadian Journal of Communication |
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http://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php (vols.1- present; 1974-present) [03/2005] |
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Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews |
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http://www.canadianpoetry.ca/abtcpjr.htm (vols. 1-47; 1977-2000) [03/2005] |
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CCC Online: College Composition and Communication |
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(vols. 49-present; 1998-present) [03/2005] |
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CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture |
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http://clcwebjournal.lib.purdue.edu/ (vols. 1-present; 1999-present) [03/2005] |
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East |
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(vols. 17.2-present; 1997-present) [03/2005] |
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Cosmos and History |
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(2005-present) [03/2005] (inaugural issue due in mid-2005) |
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Counterpunch |
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(current issue & archive to 1999) [04/2005] |
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ctheory.net |
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(1976-present; incorporates Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory, 1976-91) [03/2005] |
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Cultural Logic: An Electronic Journal of Marxist Theory & Practice |
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http://eserver.org/clogic/default.html (vols. 1-present; 1997-present) [03/2005] |
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Early Modern Culture: An Electronic Seminar |
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http://eserver.org/emc/default.html (no. 1-present; 2000-present) [03/2005] |
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Early Modern Literary Studies |
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http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/emlshome.html (vols. 1-present; 1995-present) [03/2005] |
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Electronic British Library Journal |
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http://www.bl.uk/collections/eblj/eblj.html (2002-present) [03/2005] |
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Enculturation (rhetoric & culture) |
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http://enculturation.gmu.edu/index.html (vols. 1-present; 1997-present) |
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English Matters |
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(nos. 1-present; 1999-present) |
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Film Comment |
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http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/fcm.htm (1996-present) [03/2005] selected articles available online from each issue |
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Flow (media studies) |
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http://idg.communication.utexas.edu/flow/ (vols. 1-present; 2004-present) [03/2005] |
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Genders |
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(nos. 27-present; 1998-present) [03/2005] |
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Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics |
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(nos. 1-[26]; 2000-present) [04/2005] |
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Histos: Electronic Journal of Ancient Historiography |
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http://www.dur.ac.uk/Classics/histos/index.html (vols.1-4; 1997-2000) [ceased publication] [04/2005] |
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Indonesia (Cornell Univ.) |
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http://cip.library.cornell.edu/Indonesia (vol. 1-present; 1966-present) [12/2005] |
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Intersections: Gender, History & Culture in the Asian Context |
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http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/ (nos. 1-present; 1998-present) [03/2005] |
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Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies |
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(nos. 1-present; 2000-present) [03/2005] |
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Journal of World Systems Research |
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(vol. 1 [1995]-present) |
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Jouvert: Journal of Postcolonial Studies |
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http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/jouvert/ (vols. 1-present; 1997?-present) [03/2005] |
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Lines (focus on Sri Lanka) |
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http://www.lines-magazine.org/index.html (vols. 1-present; 2002-present) [03/2005] |
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LiP Magazine |
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(current issue & some content from back issues available) [04/2005] |
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The Little Magazine (Delhi) |
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http://www.littlemag.com/about/about.html (2000-present) selected content available online |
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The Medieval Review |
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http://www.hti.umich.edu/t/tmr/ (1993-present) [03/2005] |
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Metamorphoses: A Journal of Literary Translation |
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http://www.smith.edu/metamorphoses/ (1997-present) [selected content available online] [05/2005] |
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Michigan Quarterly Review |
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http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/mqr/ (vols. 1-present; 1962-present) [03/2005] |
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Monsoon Magazine |
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http://www.monsoonmag.com/main.html (vols. 1-present; 1999-present) [English350] [03/2005] |
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New Left Review |
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(selected content from current and back issues, since 2000) [04/2005] |
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Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly |
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http://www.puaf.umd.edu/IPPP/quarterly.html (full content from vol. 17 [1997] forward available) [11/2005] |
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Postmodern Culture |
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http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/pmc/ (vols. 1-present; 1990-present) [03/2005] (text-only versions of older issues available freely; actual archived volumes available only through Project MUSE) |
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Queen: A Journal of Rhetoric and Power |
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RhetNet, a Cyberjournal for Rhetoric and Writing |
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http://web.missouri.edu/~rhetnet/ (1996-present) [03/2005] |
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Romanticism on the Net |
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(no.1-present; 1996-present) [07/2005] |
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Sagar: A South Asia Graduate Research Journal |
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http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/pages/sagar/index.html (vols. 1-present; 1994-present) [03/2005] |
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Samar: South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection |
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(nos. 13-penultimate issue; 2000- ) [03/2005] (older issues are being brought online gradually) |
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Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies |
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http://www.scope.nottingham.ac.uk/ (May 1999-present) [03/2005] |
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Seminar |
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(1999-penultimate issue) [04/2005] |
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Thirdspace |
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http://www.thirdspace.ca/journal.htm (vols. 1-present; 2001-present) [03/2005] |
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TLS: Times Literary Supplement |
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selected content from current issue freely available [03/2005] |
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Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women’s and Gender Studies |
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http://web.cortland.edu/wagadu/index.html (vols. 1-present; 2004-present) [03/2005] |
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West Africa Review |
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http://www.westafricareview.com/ (vols. 1-present; 1999-present) [03/2005] |
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Women’s History Review |
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http://www.triangle.co.uk/whr/index.htm (vols. 1-present; 1992-present) [03/2005] |
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Z Magazine |
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http://zmagsite.zmag.org/zmoarch.html (Jan. 1997-half year ago) [04/2005] |
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