Editor
Antonis Balasopoulos
(English Literature- Cyprus)
Instructions for authors (English Literature)
Areas of interest:
All areas comprising Anglophone literary studies in all genres (novel, drama, poetry); cultural studies; critical theory.
1) English literature
2) Postcolonial literature
3) American Literature
4) Commonwealth Anglophone literature
5) Literary history and theory
6) Cultural studies
Author guidelines
Articles are solicited in the following categories a) editorials b) book reviews and review essays c) original research essays. Please see each section separately in order to avoid bias in material preparation. All material is subject to peer review.
Editorials: Editorials, usually solicited by the Editor, express opinions on current topics of interest in the field of English literary and cultural studies or provide comments on papers published elsewhere in the same issue. Editorials should consist of the title page, text, and references. Maximum word length: 1.500.
Reviews and Commentaries: Book reviews consist in a critical, fair and informative review of a recently published book relevant to the field. They should not exceed 1.500 words in length. Review essays review a larger topic of investigation and offer critical appraisal of at least two recently published volumes on the subject. Review essays are expected to help readers orient themselves toward larger issues raised by individual volumes and to manifest expertise in the field or topic under investigation. Maximum word length for review essays is 4.000 words.
Original research essays: Original research essays are works of original research that cover topics relevant to English literary studies relevant to the fields listed above. We encourage work that is interdisciplinary in method and comparative in scope and that considers texts from the standpoint of up-to-date critical perspectives in critical theory. Research essays should be accompanied by an abstract of 200 words. Maximum word length is 7.000 words, including bibliography and references.
Preparation of the Manuscript
Manuscripts should be double spaced throughout, with margins of 2.5 cm on each side. Number all pages, with the title page as page 1, noted in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
Title page: All manuscripts should have a concise, informative title written on a separate page without any other information. The second page includes the title, the authors’ full names and their departmental and institutional affiliations, as well as their e-mail address.
Abstract: All original research essays should be accompanied by an abstract, not exceeding 200 words, and a list of kewords: No more than five key words should be supplied.
References: References should be restricted to footnotes; no separate Works Cited section should be used. Footnotes should be prepared in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. All footnotes should be numbered consecutively and typed in the same format as the main text (double-spaced, 2.5 cm margins). If there are more than one references to a work, subsequent references should list only authors’ last name, abbreviated title, and page number. Examples of appropriate citation format are provided below:
1. Journal Article
Regina M. Schwartz, “Nationals and Nationalism: Adultery in the House of David,” Critical Inquiry 19, no. 1 (1992): 131-32.
Subsequent references:
Schwartz, “Nationals and Nationalism,” 138.
2. Book
Single author:
Samuel A. Morley, Poverty and Inequality in Latin America: The Impact of Adjustment and Recovery (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995), 24-25.
Multiple authors:
Laumann, Edward O., John H. Gagnon, Robert T. Michael, and Stuart Michaels. The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Subsequent references:
Morley, Poverty and Inequality, 43.
Laumann et al, Social Organization, 123.
3. Chapter in Book
Andrew Wiese, “‘The House I Live In’: Race, Class, and African American Suburban Dreams in the Postwar United States,” in The New Suburban History, ed. Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006), 101–2.
4. Online publication
Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The Founders’ Constitution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), chap. 9, doc. 3, http://press-pubs. uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch9s3.html (accessed 3 February 2000).
Permissions: If an article involves the use of previously copyrighted material (e.g poems, reproductions of artworks or maps, photographs, etc.), permission for its reproduction rests with the author. The source of such material and appropriate acknowledgement regarding permission should appear in the manuscript.
Manuscript Return Policy: Manuscripts and illustrative material are ordinarily not returned.
Peer reviews: All articles are reviewed by two reviewers to determine validity, significance, and originality of contents and conclusions. Authors will usually be advised as soon as possible whether their paper is accepted, requires revision for acceptance, or is rejected. The reviewers will be selected by the Editors.
Copyright: It is a condition of publication that the authors transfer the world copyright of their manuscripts to the Journal.
Authority and responsibility: The intellectual content of the paper is the responsibility of the authors. The Editor and the Publisher accept no responsibility for opinions and statements of authors.
Submission of manuscripts: Authors should submit their manuscript as email attachment. Articles should be written in English. The preferred word processor MS Word.
After publication, a pdf of the published article will be send to the correspondence author. If the authors would like a printed version of the issue or the article, they must contact with the editorial office for post costs.
Address for manuscript submission: Send the manuscript with a cover letter to the scientificcyprusjournal@gmail.com
