Yearbook of English Studies
An annual journal
ISSN: | The Yearbook of English Studies is devoted to the language and literatures of the English-speaking world. Originally a miscellaneous supplement to the Modern Language Review, it is now an annual volume of specially commissioned articles on a broad topic or theme. The general editor is Dr Richard Adelman. Submissions. The majority of articles in YES are commissioned directly by the guest editors of each themed issue. Miscellaneous articles in English studies are therefore best submitted to the Modern Language Review. However, suggestions for themed issues of YES by prospective editors are warmly welcomed. Please contact Richard Adelman with these. Books for review. The Yearbook does not now publish reviews. Reviews of titles in English studies are instead carried by the Modern Language Review. Sample. Originally published in Yearbook of English Studies 33 (2003), John Scahill's article 'Trilingualism in Early Middle English Miscellanies: Languages and Literature' (click on the title to read the PDF) identifies a non-pragmatic 'literary' tendency in early Middle English trilingual miscellanies whereby texts acquire additional significance through their relationship to other texts and to the miscellany as a whole. Editorial. Editorial enquiries may be made to the Editor at r.adelman@sussex.ac.uk. The Editorial Assistant, who manages the copy-editing of YES, is Richard Correll. Publication Ethics. If you have any concerns relating to publication ethics, please email the journal via r.adelman@sussex.ac.uk. Publisher's statement. Views expressed in the content of the Yearbook of English Studies are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the journal editors or of the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA). MHRA makes no representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the material in this journal and cannot accept any any legal responsibility or liability for views expressed or for any errors or omissions that may be made. History. The Yearbook began in 1971 as a substantial supplement to Modern Language Review, under the editorship of MLR's then English editor T. J. B. Spencer, based at the Shakespeare Institute of the University of Birmingham. From 1976 to 1983 YES was edited by G. K. Hunter and C. J. Rawson, making the change from general to thened issues with volume 8 ('American Literature'). C. J. Rawson and then J. R. Watson were succeeded by the first YES editor to sign himself with a forename, Andrew Gurr, in 1990. Nicola Bradbury (vol. 30-31), John Batchelor (32-39), Andrew Hiscock (40-53), and now Richard Adelman (54-) then presided as general editors, but with guest editors credited on each number. Institutional subscriptions. The Modern Humanities Research Association has now transferred subscription administration and distribution for its journals to Intermedia Brand Marketing Ltd. Please send enquiries by email to mhra@subscriptionhelpline.co.uk or telephone +44 (0)1293 312218. Individual subscriptions. Individual subscriptions are available only to members of the Association. See the Membership page for details, and note that students registered for a higher degree can obtain entirely free electronic access for up to three years by becoming Postgraduate Associates (free of charge). Editors
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| 55 | Yearbook of English Studies 55  •1 September 2025 |
| 54 | Yearbook of English Studies 54 •1 December 2024 |
| 53 | Chaucer Edited by Vicki Kay Price and Sue Niebrzydowski  Yearbook of English Studies 53•1 June 2024 |
| 52 | Literature to 1200 Edited by Clare A. Lees and Joshua Davies Yearbook of English Studies 52•26 November 2022 |
| 51 | Contemporary British and Irish Poetry Edited by Samuel Rogers Yearbook of English Studies 51•16 November 2021 |
| 50 | Back to the Twenties: Modernism Then and Now Edited by Paul Poplawski Yearbook of English Studies 50•15 July 2020 |
| 49 | Margaret Oliphant and George Meredith Edited by Rebecca N. Mitchell Yearbook of English Studies 49•26 September 2019 |
| 48 | Writing in the Age of William IV Edited by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim Yearbook of English Studies 48•10 December 2018 |
| 47 | Walter Scott: New Interpretations Edited by Susan Oliver Yearbook of English Studies 47•22 September 2017 |
| 46 | Writing the Americas, 1480–1826 Edited by Robert Lawson-Peebles and Kristin A. Cook Yearbook of English Studies 46•1 January 2016 |
| 45 | The History of the Book Edited by Sandro Jung and Stephen Colclough Yearbook of English Studies 45•1 January 2015 |
| 44 | Caroline Literature Edited by Rory Loughnane, Andrew J. Power and Peter Sillitoe Yearbook of English Studies 44•1 January 2014 |
| 43 | Early English Drama Edited by Pamela M. King, Sue Niebrzydowski and Diana Wyatt Yearbook of English Studies 43•1 January 2013 |
| 42 | Literature of the 1950s and 1960s Edited by Alice Ferrebe and Tracy Hargreaves Yearbook of English Studies 42•1 January 2012 |
| 41.2 | Victorian World Literatures Edited by Pablo Mukherjee Yearbook of English Studies 41.2•1 January 2011 |
| 41.1 | Travel and Prose Fiction in Early Modern England Edited by Nandini Das Yearbook of English Studies 41.1•1 January 2011 |
| 40.1/2 | The Arts in Victorian Literature Edited by Stefano Evangelista and Catherine Maxwell Yearbook of English Studies 40.1/2•1 January 2010 |
| 39.1/2 | Literature and Religion Edited by Andrew Tate Yearbook of English Studies 39.1/2•1 January 2009 |
| 38.1/2 | Tudor Literature Edited by Andrew Hiscock Yearbook of English Studies 38.1/2•1 January 2008 |
| 37.2 | Science Fiction Edited by David Seed Yearbook of English Studies 37.2•1 January 2007 |
| 37.1 | From Decadent to Modernist: And Other Essays Edited by John Batchelor Yearbook of English Studies 37.1•1 January 2007 |
| 36.2 | Victorian Literature Edited by John Batchelor Yearbook of English Studies 36.2•1 January 2006 |
| 36.1 | Translation Edited by Nicola Bradbury Yearbook of English Studies 36.1•1 January 2006 |
| 35 | Irish Writing since 1950 Edited by Ronan McDonald Yearbook of English Studies 35•1 January 2005 |
| 34 | Nineteenth-Century Travel Writing Edited by David Seed Yearbook of English Studies 34•1 January 2004 |