Published annually, The Year’s Work in English Studies is the qualitative narrative bibliographical review of scholarly work on English language and on literatures written in English.
The volume includes a detailed overview from Old English to contemporary critical works for a given year.
It contains:
- critical notices of some 1100 books
- extensive coverage of English Language, English Literature, American Literature and New Literatures in English
- coverage of specialist periodicals (including volume numbers for journals and pagination of all articles cited)
- comprehensive indexing by critic, author and subject
- bibliographical endnotes for each chapter.
This is an essential volume for any scholar to use in order to keep up to date with the burgeoning world that is modern-day English criticism.
The Year’s Work in English Studies is edited by Professor William Baker, Northern Illinois University, and Professor Kenneth Womack, Penn State Altoona.
Associate Editors: Matthew Creasy, Glasgow University; Olga Fischer, University of Amsterdam; James Gifford, Fairleigh Dickinson University; Katherine Halsey, University of Stirling; Francis Leneghan, University of Oxford; Katie McGettigan, Independent Scholar; Richard Wood, Sheffield Hallam University; Mark Williams, Victoria University.
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Current Issue
volume 98 | 2019
covering work published in 2017
Table of Contents
I English Language
II Old English
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III Middle English
Years Work Eng Studies, Volume 98, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 201–266, https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maz013Kate Ash-Irisarri, University of Edinburgh;
Daisy Black,University of Wolverhampton;
Sarah Brazil, Universite´ de Gene`ve;
Anna Dow, University of Victoria;
Joel Grossman, Queen Mary University of London;
Yoshiko Kobayashi, University of Tokyo;
Niamh Pattwell, University College Dublin;
R. D. Perry, St Louis University;
Daniel Sawyer, University of Oxford; and
Xiaoling Wu, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics
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IV Chaucer
Years Work Eng Studies, Volume 98, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 267–290, https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maz014Krista Sue-Lo Twu, University of Minnesota Duluth;
Lindsey Simon-Jones, Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus; and
Derrick Pitard, Slippery Rock University
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V The Early Sixteenth Century
Years Work Eng Studies, Volume 98, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 291–300, https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maz005Edward Smith, Independent Scholar
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VI The Sixteenth Century: Excluding Drama after 1550
Years Work Eng Studies, Volume 98, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 301–341, https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maz006Harriet Archer, University of St Andrews;
Richard Wood, Sheffield Hallam University
- Jennifer Young, University of Greenwich; Peter J. Smith,
Nottingham Trent University; Elinor Parsons, De Montfort
University; Elisabetta Tarantino, University of Oxford;
Emanuel Stelzer, University of Bergamo; Shirley Bell, Sheffield
Hallam University; Ben Haworth, Nottingham Trent
University; Vanessa Lim, Queen Mary, University of London;
Sheilagh Ilona O’Brien, University of Queensland; and Louise
Powell, Sheffield Hallam University
- Joshua McEvilla, University of Toronto; Elizabeth Sharrett,
University of Lynchburg; Jennifer Cryar, Queen Mary
University of London; Cristiano Ragni, University of Perugia;
and Alice Equestri, University of Sussex
- James Doelman, Brescia University College; Anne James,
University of Regina; Matthew Mroz, University of
Connecticut; William Baker, Northern Illinois University; and
Lucy Gwynn, Eton College
- Ryan Netzley, Southern Illinois University; William Baker,
Northern Illinois University; and Jennifer Airey, University of
Tulsa
- Jill Dye, University of Stirling; Danni Glover, Independent
Scholar; Robert Scott, University of Cambridge; and James
Harriman-Smith, University of Newcastle
- Maxine Branagh-Miscampbell, University of Stirling; Michael
Falk, Western Sydney University; Elias Greig, University of
Melbourne; Miranda Kiek, Independent Scholar; and Barbara
Leonardi, University of Stirling
- Ana Alicia Garza, Independent Scholar; Lois Burke,
Edinburgh Napier University; Christian Dickinson, The
Baptist College of Florida; Helen Williams, Scottish Printing
Archival Trust; Lucy Barnes, University of Cambridge; and
William Baker, Northern Illinois University
- Matthew Levay, Idaho State University; Francesca Bratton,
Durham University; Caroline Krzakowki, Northern Michigan
University; Andrew Keese, Texas Tech University; Sophie
Corser, Goldsmiths, University College Dublin; Catriona
Livingstone, King’s College London; Mark West, University of
Glasgow; Samuel Cooper, University of Nottingham; Rebecca
D’Monte, University of the West of England; Gustavo A.
Rodriguez Martin, Universidad de Extremadura, Graham
Saunders, University of Birmingham; William Baker, Northern
Illinois University; Noreen Masud, Durham University; Alex
Alonso, York University; and Karl O’Hanlon, Leeds University
- Tomos Hughes, University of Nottingham; Katie McGettigan,
Royal Holloway, University of London; Matthew Salway,
Independent Scholar; and Rebecca White, Durham University
- James M. Clawson, Grambling State University; Mary
Catherine Foltz, Lehigh University; James Gifford, Fairleigh
Dickinson University; Orion Kidder, Simon Fraser University;
Margaret Konkol, Old Dominion University; Sophie
Marue´jouls-Koch, Universite´ Toulouse-Jean Jaure`s; and
Lindsay Parker, Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Kanika Batra, Texas Tech University; Michael Griffiths,
University of Wollongong; Weihsin Gui, University of
California-Riverside; Aaron Kamugisha, University of the West
Indies; Christine Lorre-Johnston, Universite´ Sorbonne Nouvelle;
Dougal McNeil, Victoria University of Wellington; Michael
Niblett, University of Warwick; Ira Raja, University of Delhi;
Paul Sharrad, University of Wollongong; Joya Uraizee, Louis
University; Mark Williams, Victoria University, Wellington
- William Baker, Northern Illinois University
- I ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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I English Language
Years Work Eng Studies, Volume 98, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 1–166, https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maz004 - II OLD ENGLISH
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II Old English
Years Work Eng Studies, Volume 98, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 167–200, https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maz012 - III MIDDLE ENGLISH
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III Middle English
Years Work Eng Studies, Volume 98, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 201–266, https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maz013Kate Ash-Irisarri, University of Edinburgh;
Daisy Black,University of Wolverhampton;
Sarah Brazil, Universite´ de Gene`ve;
Anna Dow, University of Victoria;
Joel Grossman, Queen Mary University of London;
Yoshiko Kobayashi, University of Tokyo;
Niamh Pattwell, University College Dublin;
R. D. Perry, St Louis University;
Daniel Sawyer, University of Oxford; and
Xiaoling Wu, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics
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- IV CHAUCER
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IV Chaucer
Years Work Eng Studies, Volume 98, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 267–290, https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maz014Krista Sue-Lo Twu, University of Minnesota Duluth;
Lindsey Simon-Jones, Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus; and
Derrick Pitard, Slippery Rock University
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- V THE EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY
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V The Early Sixteenth Century
Years Work Eng Studies, Volume 98, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 291–300, https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maz005Edward Smith, Independent Scholar
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- VI THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY: EXCLUDING DRAMA AFTER
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VI The Sixteenth Century: Excluding Drama after 1550
Years Work Eng Studies, Volume 98, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 301–341, https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maz006Harriet Archer, University of St Andrews;
Richard Wood, Sheffield Hallam University
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- VII SHAKESPEARE
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- Jennifer Young, University of Greenwich; Peter J. Smith,
Nottingham Trent University; Elinor Parsons, De Montfort
University; Elisabetta Tarantino, University of Oxford;
Emanuel Stelzer, University of Bergamo; Shirley Bell, Sheffield
Hallam University; Ben Haworth, Nottingham Trent
University; Vanessa Lim, Queen Mary, University of London;
Sheilagh Ilona O’Brien, University of Queensland; and Louise
Powell, Sheffield Hallam University
- Jennifer Young, University of Greenwich; Peter J. Smith,
- VIII RENAISSANCE DRAMA: EXCLUDING SHAKESPEARE
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- Joshua McEvilla, University of Toronto; Elizabeth Sharrett,
University of Lynchburg; Jennifer Cryar, Queen Mary
University of London; Cristiano Ragni, University of Perugia;
and Alice Equestri, University of Sussex
- Joshua McEvilla, University of Toronto; Elizabeth Sharrett,
- IX THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: PART I
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- James Doelman, Brescia University College; Anne James,
University of Regina; Matthew Mroz, University of
Connecticut; William Baker, Northern Illinois University; and
Lucy Gwynn, Eton College
- James Doelman, Brescia University College; Anne James,
- X THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: PART II
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- Ryan Netzley, Southern Illinois University; William Baker,
Northern Illinois University; and Jennifer Airey, University of
Tulsa
- Ryan Netzley, Southern Illinois University; William Baker,
- XI THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
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- Jill Dye, University of Stirling; Danni Glover, Independent
Scholar; Robert Scott, University of Cambridge; and James
Harriman-Smith, University of Newcastle
- Jill Dye, University of Stirling; Danni Glover, Independent
- XII LITERATURE 1780–1830: THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
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- Maxine Branagh-Miscampbell, University of Stirling; Michael
Falk, Western Sydney University; Elias Greig, University of
Melbourne; Miranda Kiek, Independent Scholar; and Barbara
Leonardi, University of Stirling
- Maxine Branagh-Miscampbell, University of Stirling; Michael
- XIII THE VICTORIAN PERIOD
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- Ana Alicia Garza, Independent Scholar; Lois Burke,
Edinburgh Napier University; Christian Dickinson, The
Baptist College of Florida; Helen Williams, Scottish Printing
Archival Trust; Lucy Barnes, University of Cambridge; and
William Baker, Northern Illinois University
- Ana Alicia Garza, Independent Scholar; Lois Burke,
- XIV MODERN LITERATURE 858
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- Matthew Levay, Idaho State University; Francesca Bratton,
Durham University; Caroline Krzakowki, Northern Michigan
University; Andrew Keese, Texas Tech University; Sophie
Corser, Goldsmiths, University College Dublin; Catriona
Livingstone, King’s College London; Mark West, University of
Glasgow; Samuel Cooper, University of Nottingham; Rebecca
D’Monte, University of the West of England; Gustavo A.
Rodriguez Martin, Universidad de Extremadura, Graham
Saunders, University of Birmingham; William Baker, Northern
Illinois University; Noreen Masud, Durham University; Alex
Alonso, York University; and Karl O’Hanlon, Leeds University
- Matthew Levay, Idaho State University; Francesca Bratton,
- XV AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1900
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- Tomos Hughes, University of Nottingham; Katie McGettigan,
Royal Holloway, University of London; Matthew Salway,
Independent Scholar; and Rebecca White, Durham University
- Tomos Hughes, University of Nottingham; Katie McGettigan,
- XVI AMERICAN LITERATURE: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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- James M. Clawson, Grambling State University; Mary
Catherine Foltz, Lehigh University; James Gifford, Fairleigh
Dickinson University; Orion Kidder, Simon Fraser University;
Margaret Konkol, Old Dominion University; Sophie
Marue´jouls-Koch, Universite´ Toulouse-Jean Jaure`s; and
Lindsay Parker, Fairleigh Dickinson University
- James M. Clawson, Grambling State University; Mary
- XVII NEW LITERATURES
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- Kanika Batra, Texas Tech University; Michael Griffiths,
University of Wollongong; Weihsin Gui, University of
California-Riverside; Aaron Kamugisha, University of the West
Indies; Christine Lorre-Johnston, Universite´ Sorbonne Nouvelle;
Dougal McNeil, Victoria University of Wellington; Michael
Niblett, University of Warwick; Ira Raja, University of Delhi;
Paul Sharrad, University of Wollongong; Joya Uraizee, Louis
University; Mark Williams, Victoria University, Wellington
- Kanika Batra, Texas Tech University; Michael Griffiths,
- XVIII BIBLIOGRAPHY, TEXTUAL CRITICISM, AND REFERENCE WORKS
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- William Baker, Northern Illinois University
