The Literary Encyclopedia

In order to address the increasingly diverse needs of the academics in our community, and in line with The Literary Encyclopedia’s commitment to lowering its carbon emissions and fostering greater inclusivity among researchers, we have redesigned our travel award. It is now The Literary Encyclopedia Research Award, and runs twice a year. Our awards will also be offered to help fund research assistance to consult archives remotely and/or additional research costs, such as those arising from caring responsibilities. Awards of between £500 and £750 are available to fund a range of research activities within these categories: Travel costs for archival research Research assistance to consult archives remotely Open access publishing Training in new techniques/skills Additional research costs, such as caring responsibilities Support for access needs Read more on our website: https://lnkd.in/eqz9CtZj

We are excited to share the winners of the 2024 LE Book Prize. In a rapidly changing world, it is a great comfort to know that compelling works of literature – including those that are newly discovered and stretch our boundaries – continue to open windows into other times, places, and cultures. The winners are: Literatures originally written in English Margaret H. Freeman, Emily Dickinson’s Poetic Art: A Cognitive Reading (Bloomsbury, 2023) Literatures written in languages other than English The prize is to be shared between Jo Ann Cavallo, The Sicilian Puppet Theatre of Agrippino Manteo (1884-1947): The Paladins of France in America (Anthem Press, 2023) AND Julia Prest, Public Theatre and the Enslaved People of Colonial Saint-Dominique (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) Scholarly editions of works originally in the English language Hilary Emmett and Thomas Ruys Smith, A Juvenile Miscellany: An Anthology of Lydia Maria Child’s Writing for Children (UEA Publishing Project, 2023) Read more about the prize here: https://lnkd.in/edMQ7sVi

As we approach our 25th year, we're delighted to be featured in the Times Higher Education this week. Our publication is non-profit and owned by its contributors, whose articles are remunerated in payments of up to 20 shares – depending on the length and complexity of the articles – which deliver annual royalties. Our contributor-owned model should be considered as a financing mechanism for academic journals. In the words of our founding editor Dr Robert Clark, 'It’s a debate that ought to be had…because the present model is really not good. [...] Academic publishing has become part of international global financing. [It] has lost relationships, definitely, with individual readers and is overproducing in an extraordinary manner. It’s only really interested in the bottom line. Selling the entire platform of their products to a university library – that’s how they make money.' Read the whole article here: https://lnkd.in/ePefpgKu

The LE publishes 20-30 new articles a month and we are always commissioning new articles. Contributors receive shares in the publication and free access. If you'd like to write for us, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!

Please share and/or repost if possible! Thank you. I am delighted to share that I started my editorial role as the Utopia&Dystopia and Utopian&Dystopian Literature, Speculative Fiction, and Science Fiction Sections Editor of The Literary Encyclopedia. If you want to contribute with an article, please get in touch with me! Information for contributions could be found via this link: https://lnkd.in/e_9V_x5v You could reach me at [email protected] to discuss possible article ideas! “Overview First published in September 2000, The Literary Encyclopedia provides 9837 articles about world literatures in English, amounting to 20 million words. It grows by 20-30 articles per month and is written and edited by university specialists who own the publication collectively. Contents The Literary Encyclopedia publishes biographies of major and minor writers; scholarly descriptions of all interesting texts written by these authors, and a variety of descriptive and critical essays on literary, cultural, and historical matters which provide a finer understanding of the social contexts in which this writing was produced. We seek to cover all of world literature and endeavour to publish articles on all writing of enduring cultural interest. Already we offer excellent coverage of English, American, modern European and Classical literatures, as well as substantial and increasing coverage of Hispanic, Japanese and various postcolonial literatures. Notably in recent years we have been adding a rich coverage of Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Icelandic writing. Other literatures will be added as soon as we have editors qualified to undertake the work. The Literary Encyclopedia is a peer-reviewed publication. Most articles are commissioned by our editors from established specialists, but we will also consider proposals from doctoral researchers. As mentioned above, we are proud to be an exemplary not-for-profit scholar-owned publication. All editors and authors accrue shareholding in the publication and can see their contribution and shareholder status displayed in their personal account pages. Shareholders receive annual statements of the company accounts and are consulted about all decisions which might affect their proprietorial rights.” University of Warwick Harvard University University of Oxford EUTOPIA The Literary Encyclopaedia