Victorians

Manuscript Submissions

Victorians: A Journal of Culture and Literature welcomes interdisciplinary approaches to Victorian literature and culture and continues to respond to developmental shifts in the discipline of Victorian studies. VCL looks forward to continuing its long history of scholarly excellence and professional integrity.

Please direct any questions to: Kristen Pond at victoriansjournal@baylor.edu

Article types

The journal accepts essays and book reviews.

Submission requirements

Manuscript Format

Please follow MLA 7 formatting and documentation. word count: between 7,000 and 10,000 words, inclusive of endnotes and bibliography.

Use American spellings in author narrative and preserving British spellings as they occur in quotations

Apply American grammatical usage

Follow MLA 7 punctuation and citation formatting. See the MLA website for any further information: https://style.mla.org/

Images

Images for initial files can be embedded in the Microsoft word file. Please confirm rights and permissions for images for both print and online format. Captions should be included.

For final files, images should be sent individually, in .tiff or .jpg format, at least 300 dpi at page display size.  The files should be numbered consecutively, and captions should be provided along with callouts (where to place images) in the main text of the manuscript, including a permission line where appropriate. Alt text for accessibility should also be included. Authors are responsible for researching and confirming rights and permissions for images for both print and online format.

Citation Examples

Book:

Alexander, Christine, and Margaret Smith. The Oxford Companion to the Brontës. Oxford UP, 2006.Chapter in an edited volume:

Maynard, John. “Poetry of Anne, Charlotte, and Emily.” A Companion to the Brontës, edited by Deborah Denenholz Morse and Diane Long Hoeveler, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016, pp. 299–47.

Journal article:

Winnifrith, Tom. “The Religion of Patrick Brontë.” Brontë Studies, vol. 37, no. 4, 2012, pp. 267–71.

Editorial Board

Mary Ellis Gibson, Colby College, US
Linda Hughes, TCU, US
Mark Knight, Lancaster University, UK
Carolyn Oulton, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Doreen Thierauf, North Carolina Wesleyan University, US
Maria Su Wang, Biola University, US
Winter Jade Werner, Wheaton College

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