Proposals. For European Translations, proposals are invited from prospective authors who should submit a completed Book Proposal Form. Selections from different works by single authors, and anthologised selections from diverse translated authors, may be included. Proposals will normally relate to translations first published pre-1900. Each volume will include a substantial introduction, and textual and explanatory notes which will not however attempt to be exhaustive (notes should normally occupy no more than 10% of the total word-count). The introduction will describe the ways in which this particular translation (or these translations) shaped literary and/or intellectual currents in the receiving culture, and will provide a coherently argued account of the omissions and distortions of the translation/s. In the case of drama, adaptations as well as translations will be considered. Where feasible, editions will take the form of parallel texts (using the text from which the translator worked). Spelling will not be modernised, but, to facilitate searchability, a glossary including older or inconsistent spellings will, if relevant, be part of the end-matter. As well as a glossary, editions will provide a bibliography and index. Copyright issues will vary somewhat according to the language/s concerned. It will be the responsibility of the proposer to make a clear statement about copyright status on submission of the proposal.

Review copies. Journals wishing to review books in this series should please contact mail@mhra.org.uk to request copies.

Subvention. Authors in this series are not required to raise any subsidy or subvention, but are responsible in the usual way if any rights fees arise from illustrations or other copyright material included.

History. MHRA's wider Translations project is an expansion following the successful launch in 2008 of Tudor and Stuart Translations, with New Translations and European Translations coming on stream in 2010 and 2011.