Issues

Forthcoming Issues

Volume 29 (2025)

The Poetics and Politics of Gender, Mobility and Migration in the New Anglophone Literature, eds. Nadia Butt (University of Giessen, Germany), Radhika Mohanram (Cardiff University, Wales) and Michelle Stork (University of Frankfurt, Germany)

Wasted Lives in Contemporary Fiction: Bodies That Do Not Matter, eds. Maria Isabel Romero-Ruiz (University of Málaga, Spain) and Simonetta Falchi (University of Sassari, Italy)

The Place of Race in Law & Literature, eds. Andrew Benjamin Bricker (Ghent University), Elise Wang (California State University, Fullerton) and Cedric Essi (Osnabrück University)

Volume 28 (2024)

Cultures of Empathy, eds. Pilar Cuder-Domínguez (COIDESO, University of Huelva, Spain), Ana Cristina Mendes (University of Lisbon, Portugal) and Erzsébet Barát (University of Szeged, Hungary)

GRIT: Resilience, Resistance, and other Infrastructural Interventions, eds. Alexandra Campbell (University of Glasgow, Scotland), Kylie Crane (University of Rostock, Germany) and Katie Ritson (LMU Munich, Germany)

Volume 27 (2023)

Interstitial Spaces, eds. Frederik Van Dam (Radboud University), Joanna Hofer-Robinson (University College Cork) and Chris Louttit (Radboud University)

Limitrophy in Contemporary Literatures in English, eds. Laura Ma Lojo Rodríguez (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain), Jorge Sacido Romero (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain) and Roberto Del Valle Alcalá (Södertörn University, Sweden)

Recent Issues

Volume 27 (2023)

27.1 Hashtags across Borders: Considering #Instapoetry as a Transglobal and Translingual Literary Movement, eds. Anna Nacher (Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie), James Mackay (European University Cyprus), JuEunhae Knox (University of Glasgow)

Volume 26 (2022)

26.1 Victorian Materialisms, eds Ursula Kluwick (University of Bern), Ariane de Waal (MLU Halle-Wittenberg)

26.2 Patriarchal backlashes to feminism in times of crisis: plus ça change, moins ça change, eds Florence Binard (University of Paris) and Renate Haas (University of Kiel)

26.3 Going Viral: Chronotopes of Disaster in Film and Visual Media, eds Sotirios Bampatzimopoulos (Ankara University) and Geli Mademli (University of Amsterdam)

Volume 25 (2021)

25.1 Brexit and Academia, eds Sibylle Baumbach (Stuttgart) and Andreas Maurer (Innsbruck)

25.2 Feminist Responses to Populist Politics, eds Mónica Cano Abadía (University of Graz), Sanja Bojanić (University of Rijeka), Valentina Moro (University of Verona)

25.3 Disseminating Knowledge: The Effects of Digitalized Academic Discourse on Language, Genre and Identity, eds Rosa Lorés Sanz (Universidad de Zaragoza), Giuliana Diani (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)

Volume 24 (2020)

24.1 Representing Trans, eds Elahe Haschemi Yekani (Berlin), Anson Koch-Rein (Grinnell) and Jasper Verlinden (Berlin)

24.2 Decentering Commemorations’: Literary, Cultural, Historical and Political Commemorations across and beyond the British Isles, eds Jeremy Tranmer, and Céline Sabiron (Lorraine)

24.3 Neo-Victorian Negotiations of Hostility, Empathy and Hospitality, eds Rosario Arias (Málaga) and Mark Llewellyn (Cardiff)

Volume 23 (2019)

23.1 Narratives of Religious Conversion from the Enlightenment to the Present, eds Ludmilla Kostova (Turnovo) and Efterpi Mitsi (Athens)

23.2 Fact and Fiction in Contemporary Narratives, eds Jan Alber (Aachen) and Alice Bell (Sheffield)

23.3 Shame and Shamelessness in Anglophone Literature and Media, eds Katrin Röder (Potsdam), Christine Vogt-William (Berlin) and Kaye Mitchell (Manchester)

Volume 22 (2018)

22.1 Approaches to Old Age, eds Sarah Falcus and Maricel Oró Piqueras

22.2 Global Responses to the ‘War on Terror’, eds Michael C. Frank (Düsseldorf) and Pavan Kumar Malreddy (Frankfurt)

22.3 Poetry, Science and Technology, eds Irmtraud Huber (Berne), Wolfgang Funk (Mainz)

Volume 21 (2017)

21.1 Getting and Spending, eds Silvana Colella, Brecht de Groote, Frederik Van Dam

21.2 Debating the Afropolitan, eds Emilia María Durán-Almarza, Carla Rodríguez González, Ananya J. Kabir

21.3 Feminist Interventions in Intermedial Studies, eds Anna Kérchy and Catriona McAra

Volume 20 (2016)

20.1 Formulaicity in Language and Literature, eds Ian MacKenzie and Martin A. Kayman

20.2 J.M. Coetzee and the non-English Literary Traditions, eds María J. López, & Kai Wiegandt

20.3 The Politics of Form, eds Sarah Copland & Greta Olson

Volume 19 (2015)

19.1 Modern Creatures, eds Virginia Richter & and Pieter Vermeulen

19.2 Mendacity in Early Modern Literature and Culture, eds Ingo Berensmeyer & Andrew Hadfield

19.3 Poetics and Partition, eds GJV Prasad & Stephanos Stephanides

Volume 18 (2014)

18.1  Scottish Renaissances, eds Wolfram R. Keller, J. Derrick McClure & Kirsten Sandrock

18:2  European Posthumanism, eds Stefan Herbrechter, Ivan Callus & Manuela Rossini

18.3  Translating Ethnicity, eds Silvia Bruti, Roberto A. Valdeón and Serenella Zanotti

Volume 17 (2013)

17.1 Visual Text, eds Judy Kendall, Manuel Portela & Glyn White

17.2 Myths of Europe: East of Venice, eds Ljiljana Ina Gjurgjan & Aidan O’Malley

17.3 The Rhetoric of Science, eds Maria Freddi, Barbara Korte & Josef Schmied

Volume 16 (2012)

16.1 Housing fictions: The House in Writing and Culture, 1950 to the Present, eds Janet Larson, Francesca Saggini & Anna Enrichetta Soccio

16.2 Dislocations and Ecologies, eds Alexa Weik & Christoph Irmscher

16.3: Gender Resistance,  eds Evgenia Sifaki & Angeliki Spiropoulou

The tables of contents of the most recent and all issues published since 2000, abstracts and access to the essays, can be found on the website of the journal’s page at Taylor & Francis.

The European Journal of English Studies: A list of themes and editors 1997-2017

General editors: Catherine Belsey, Herbert Grabes, Jean-Jacques Lecercle
1997
1.1 Untitled Catherine Belsey, Herbert Grabes, Jean-Jacques Lecercle
1.2 Postmodernism Catherine Bernard
1.3 Current Shakespeare John Drakakis
1998
2.1 Postcolonial Literary Strategies J. L. Gionvannanageli
2.2 Language & Literature Monika Fludernik
2.3 Feminism Claudine Raynaud
1999
3.1 Reconceptions of Genre Joao Ferreira Duarte
3.2 Postmodern Parody Ansgar Nünning
3.3 Postcolonial Ireland? Claire Connolly
2000
4.1 The Visual and the Written Liliane Louvel
4.2 The Continuation of Historicism Slavoj Zizek
4.3 Historical Sociolinguistics Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
General editors: Catherine Bernard, Claire Connolly, Herbert Grabes
2001
5.1 Iconicity Max Nanny & Olga Fischer
5.2 Early Modern English Text Types Lilo Moessner
5.3 Systems Theory Christoph Reinfandt
General editors: Catherine Bernard, Claire Connolly, Ansgar Nünning
2002
6.1 The New Poetics Adolphe Haberer
6.2 Romanticism & Cultural Geography Diego Saglia
6.3 Current Critical Theories in Europe Catherine Bernard & Ansgar Nünning
2003
7.1 New English Dramaturgies Elizabeth Angel-Perez
7.2 Ethics & Literature Robert Eaglestone
7.3 Literature & Trauma Ortwin de Graef, Vivian Liska, Katrien Vloberghs
2004
8.1 New Approaches to Narrative Theory Roy Sommer
8.2 European Views on Englishness Vera Nünning
8.3 Cultural Variation in Metaphor Zoltán Kövecses
2005
9.1 Letters & Letter Writing Minna Nevala & Minna Palander-Collin
9.2 Cognitive Criticism Michael Toolan & Jean Jacques Weber
9.3 Intimate Transfers Effie Yiannopoulou & Maria Margaroni
General editors: Martin A. Kayman, Angela Locatelli, Ansgar Nünning
2006
10.1 European Englishes Martin Kayman, Angela Locatelli, Ansgar Nünning
10.2 Literature and the Production of Cultural Memory Astrid Eril & Ann Rigney
10.3 Cultural Exchange Gesa Stedman
2007
11.1 Law, Literature & Language MAK & Greta Olson
11.2 New Textualities Manuel Portela
11.3 Literature, Epistemology & Science Ronald Shusterman
2008
12.1 New Englishes Bessie Dendrinos, Mina Karavanta & Bessie Mitsikopoulou
12.2 Translation, Cultures and the Media Elena di Giovanni
12.3 Reading the Modernist Past Helene Aji & Helen Dennis
2009
13.1 Travelling Concepts in English Studies Birgit Neumann & Frederik Tygstrup
13.2 Intercultural Negotiations Ian MacKenzie
13.3 Rhetoric of National Character Ton Hoenselaars & Joep Leersen
2010
14.1 Beyond Trauma: The Uses of the Past in 21c Europe Jacek Gutorow, Jerzy Jarniewicz, David Kennedy
14.2 Crime Narratives Heather Worthington & Maurizio Ascari
14.3 Comparative Cultural Histories Logie Barrow & Karine Bigand
General editors: Martin A. Kayman, Greta Olson & Stephanos Stephanides
2011
15.1 Matter & Material Culture Maurizio Calbi & Marlena Parlati
15.2 Medievalism Ute Berns & Andrew Johnston
15.3 The Estoteric in Post/Modernism Pia Brînzeu & György Szöny
2012
16.1 Housing Fiction 1950 to Present Janet Larson, Francesda Saggini & Anna-Enrichetta Soccio
16.2 Dislocations & Ecologies Alexa Weik & Christoph Irmscher
16.3 Gender Resistance Evgenia Sifaki & Angeliki Spiropoulou
2013
17.1 Visual Text Judy Kendall, Manuel Portela & Glyn White
17.2 Myths of Europe: East of Venice Aidan O’Malley
17.3 The Rhetoric of Science Maria Freddi, Barbara Korte & Josef Schmied
2014
18.1 Scottish Renaissances Wolfram R. Keller, J. Derrick McClure & Kirsten Sandrock
18.2 European Posthumanism Ivan Callus, Stefan Herbrechter & Manuel Rossini
18.3 Translating Ethnicity Silvia Bruti, Robert Valdeón &  Serenella Zanotti
2015
19.1 Modern Creatures Pieter Vermeulen & Virginia Richter
19.2 Mendacity in Early Modern Ingo Berensmeyer & Andrew Hadfield
19.3 Poetics & Partition GJV Prasad & Stephanos Stephanides
General editors: Martin A. Kayman, Greta Olson & Isabel Carrera Suárez
2016
20.1 Formulaicity in Language & Literature Martin Kayman & Ian MacKenzie
20.2 J.M. Coetzee and the non-English literary traditions María J. López & Kai Wiegandt
20.3 The Politics of Form Sarah Copland & Greta Olson
2017
21.1 Getting and Spending Silvana Colella, Brecht de Groote, Frederik Van Dam
21.2 Debating the Afropolitan Emilia María Durán-Almarza, Carla Rodríguez González, Ananya J. Kabir
21.3 Feminist Interventions in Intermedial Studies Anna Kérchy and Catriona McAra
General editors: Greta Olson, Isabel Carrera Suárez & Katerina Kitsi
2018