Series

Jewelled Tortoise

Texts and Translations book series

The ‘Jewelled Tortoise’, named after J. K. Huysmans’s iconic image of Decadent taste in A Rebours (1884), is a series dedicated to Aesthetic and Decadent literature. Its scholarly editions, complete with critical introductions and accompanying materials, aim to make available to students and scholars alike works of literature and criticism which embody the intellectual daring, formal innovation, and cultural diversity of the British and European fin de siècle.

The series is particularly committed to republishing works that are out of print, especially short novels, poetry, plays, and collections of essays or short stories.

▼General Information

Proposals. Proposals are invited from prospective authors who should submit a completed Book Proposal Form. Books should be in the range of 50,000 to 80,000 words.

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.

Mailing List. To sign up to the Jewelled Tortoise mailing list, please email jewelledtortoise@mhra.org.uk. This mailing list is only used to announce new titles or important changes to the series. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose.

History. Jewelled Tortoise was founded by Stefano Evangelista and Catherine Maxwell in 2014. Because it began as a subseries of Critical Texts, some of the early books are dual-numbered: for example, JT 1 is the same book as CT 35. But the series has a thriving reputation of its own, and is now independent of CT.

▶Editorial Boards

General Editors

Dr Stefano Evangelista (University of Oxford)
Professor Catherine Maxwell (Queen Mary University of London)

Latest news items from our blog:

‘Crackanthorpe's Travels’ (about JT 7, 9 November 2020)
‘Occult Wales’ (about JT 4, 6 August 2018)
‘Soon to Confess’ (about JT 5, 21 March 2018)
‘Symons in the Supplement’ (about JT 2, 15 January 2018)
‘Symons in the Supplement’ (about JT 3, 15 January 2018)
‘At the Symonsposium’ (about JT 3, 8 August 2017)
‘Imaginary, but Available in Hardback’ (about JT 1, 16 May 2017)
‘A Faint Smell of Patchouli’ (about JT 3, published, 27 April 2017)
‘Symons's Spiritual Adventures’ (about JT 2, published, 11 March 2017)

14	Vernon Lee's Cosmopolitan Prose: A Translated Selection Translated and edited by Colton Valentine Jewelled Tortoise 14•31 December 2025
13	Maria Janitschek: A Modern Woman: Stories and Poems Edited by Lea Felicitas Döding Jewelled Tortoise 13•31 December 2024
12	*Ella Hepworth Dixon: Sidelights on the Feminine Temperament* and Other Short Stories** Edited by Valerie Fehlbaum Jewelled Tortoise 12•31 March 2025
11	L. Onerva, Mirdja: A Decadent New Woman Edited by Viola Parente-Čapková and Translated by Eva Buchwald Jewelled Tortoise 11•31 March 2025
10	Decadent Writings of Aubrey Beardsley Edited by Sasha Dovzhyk and Simon Wilson Jewelled Tortoise 10 / Critical Texts 78•18 November 2022
9	Lionel Johnson: Selected Poetry and Prose Edited by Sarah Green Jewelled Tortoise 9 / Critical Texts 73•31 December 2025
8	*Michael Field, For That Moment Only* and Other Prose Works** Edited by Alex Murray and Sarah Parker Jewelled Tortoise 8 / Critical Texts 72•4 July 2022
7	Hubert Crackanthorpe: Selected Writings Edited by William Greenslade and Emanuela Ettorre Jewelled Tortoise 7 / Critical Texts 71•19 October 2020
6	*Mathilde Blind: Selected Fin-de-Siècle* Poetry and Prose** Edited by James Diedrick Jewelled Tortoise 6 / Critical Texts 70•12 November 2021
5	George Moore: Confessions of a Young Man Edited by Matthew Creasy Jewelled Tortoise 5 / Critical Texts 66•31 December 2024
4	Decadent and Occult Works by Arthur Machen Edited by Dennis Denisoff Jewelled Tortoise 4 / Critical Texts 53•11 July 2018
3	Arthur Symons, Selected Early Poems Edited by Chris Baldick and Jane Desmarais Jewelled Tortoise 3 / Critical Texts 42•11 April 2017
2	Arthur Symons, Spiritual Adventures Edited by Nicholas Freeman Jewelled Tortoise 2 / Critical Texts 39•10 February 2017
1	Walter Pater: Imaginary Portraits Edited by Lene Østermark-Johansen Jewelled Tortoise 1 / Critical Texts 35•1 April 2014