"Studies in English Literature 1500-1900" records
Scope and Contents
"Studies in English Literature 1500-1900" is a quarterly journal of historical and critical studies that is based at Rice University. The record group contains correspondence between authors/reviewers and the editors; some original typescripts and galley proofs; correspondence on rejected articles.
Dates
- Creation: 1959 - 2020
Creator
- Rice University. (Organization)
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish materials from this collection must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center.
Biographical / Historical
"Studies in English Literature 1500-1900" was founded in 1960 by Carroll Camden, former chair of the English Department, Rice University, and was first published in 1961. The journal includes critical essays from leading scholars in specific fields and a review essay on recent studies in that field.
Longtime SEL editor Bob Patten, Rice University's Lynette S. Autrey Professor in Humanities, collaborates with an editorial board composed of internationally recognized experts to review all essays submitted. Diana Hobby fellowships support graduate students who work on all aspects of the journal.
In 1998 distribution duties were taken over by Johns Hopkins University Press who makes the printed version available as well as an electronic version through the press's Project Muse. All editorial duties are still performed by Rice University.
Extent
261 Linear Feet (261 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
"Studies in English Literature 1500-1900" is a quarterly journal of historical and critical studies that is based at Rice University. The record group contains correspondence between authors/reviewers and the editors; some original typescripts and galley proofs; correspondence on rejected articles.
Acquisition Information
Materials have been transferred regularly to the Woodson Research Center since 1980.
Accruals
Additional "SEL" materials are expected to be added to this collection over time.
Subject
- Patten, Robert L. , 1939- (Person)
- Rice University. Department of English. (Organization)
- Rice University. (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Rice University Archives Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 records, 1959-2020
- Status
- Unprocessed Addenda
- Author
- Amanda Focke; Lee Pecht; Trevor Egerton
- Date
- 2017, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu