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Studies in English Literature 1500–1900 is a quarterly journal of historical and critical studies.

SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 is a quarterly journal of historical and critical studies, published for Rice University by Johns Hopkins University Press. Each issue is devoted to one of four fields, and includes an article reviewing books recently published in that field:

Winter: English Renaissance
Spring: Tudor and Stuart Drama
Summer: Restoration and Eighteenth Century
Autumn: Nineteenth Century

The journal is a member of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.

09/03/2026

Check out this amazing video by Grace Lavery about papers featured in our latest SEL: The Roundtable in our 64.3 Summer 2026 issue! We're so happy to work with such amazing scholars! https://buff.ly/AKmnsuX

08/27/2026

Happy early birthday to Mary Shelley! To celebrate Shelley's 229th birthday, we're looking back at "Frankenstein and the Progress of Civilizations" from SEL's Autumn 2022 62.4 issue. In the article, Mark Canuel reads "Frankenstein as a novel permeated less by tragedy than by precarious hope." Celebrate Shelley by reading the full article on Project MUSE https://muse.jhu.edu/article/941805

Image Credit: Camillo Pistrucci. Mary Shelley. 1843. Marble. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

08/20/2026

🚨New Issue alert! SEL is pleased to announce the release of our new 64.3 Summer Issue. Our new issue features our second installment of SEL: The Roundtable, this time an exciting discussion on Trans Studies in the Eighteenth Century, featuring responses by Grace Lavery and Colby Gordon! A huge thank you to all of our contributors. Read now on Project MUSE and stay tuned for updates on content and contributors https://buff.ly/NxbVMZg

08/13/2026

We are 1 week away from the launch of our Summer 2026 Issue, so for this we're looking back at an article in our Summer 1999 Issue, which has been getting a lot of attention from SEL readers recently. In "Aphra Behn's Ooronoko and the Blank Spaces of Colonial Fiction," Albert J. Rivero argues that in Oroonoko, "Behn deploys the customarily duplicitous representations of colonial narratives... to take hold of a world fast slipping from her grasp." Check out the full article on Project MUSE https://muse.jhu.edu/article/31027

08/06/2026

Our upcoming Summer Issue (64.3) is almost here, perfect for any last minute summer reading and beach days! Follow our social media pages for updates on content and contributors.

07/28/2026

Listen to Tracey Miller-Tomlinson speak about her article "Affective Circulation in Shakespeare's Henry V" which was featured in SEL's latest 64.2 Spring issue! Find the full article on Project MUSE https://buff.ly/n4eXGCG

07/23/2026

In SEL's latest issue (64.2), Martin's thematic review examines recent studies in Tudor and Stuart drama through the lens of nature, environment, science, and ecology. Martin finds that the "critical Anthropocene reorientation is one major imperative of early modern ecocriticism, the historical-political study of literary representations of nature and environments, informed in hindsight by modern science and made urgent by twenty-first-century crises. Find the full thematic review on Project MUSE https://buff.ly/AoJtJvh

07/21/2026

In SEL's 64.2 issue, Lupton's thematic review examines recent studies in space, place, and commonplace in Tudor and Stuart Drama. Lupton finds that "What emerges across these efforts is a sense of the expansive vistas of Shakespeare studies." Check out the full thematic review on Project MUSE https://muse.jhu.edu/article/990196

07/17/2026

Call for Papers! Consider submitting proposals to a themed issue on Decolonizing Historical English Literary Studies. This call welcomes essays that imagine new possibilities for the study of historical English literature beyond colonial frameworks. Find the full CFP and submission guidelines shared on SEL's website https://buff.ly/xEUC2KK

07/07/2026

🏖️ Marginalia's staff are taking a well-deserved summer break! While they rest, travel, and enjoy their time, Marginalia will be on hiatus. Once our staff return in late August, we'll be back with new essays, interviews, and book reviews! Until then, please enjoy our back catalogue from our first year of publication.

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