---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 2 Dec 1994 11:41:28 -0500 From: Raymond G. Siemens <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list FICINO <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Announcing EMLS: A Journal [This message will be cross-posted; please excuse duplication] EARLY MODERN LITERARY STUDIES: A JOURNAL OF SIXTEENTH- AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE Announcing Early Modern Literary Studies, a refereed journal in electronic form which intends to serve both as a formal arena for scholarly discussion and as an academic resource for researchers in the area. Articles in EMLS will examine English literature, literary culture, and language during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries from a variety of perspectives; well- considered responses to published papers will also be published as part of a Readers' Forum. Reviews in EMLS will evaluate recent work in the area as well as academic tools of interest to scholars in the field. Our Internet site will also gather and maintain links to useful on-line resources. EMLS (ISSN 1201-2459) will be published three times a year for the on-line academic community by the University of British Columbia's English Department, with the support of the University's Library and Arts Computing Centre. Our first issue will appear in Spring 1995. AVAILABILITY EMLS will be available free of charge in hypertextual format on the World Wide Web at http://unixg.ubc.ca:7001/0/e-sources/emls/emlshome.html It will also be available in ASCII format for retrieval using GOPHER at edziza.arts.ubc.ca /english/emls Our site on the World Wide Web will be active, though still under construction, as of December 1, 1994. EDITORIAL GROUP The EMLS Editorial Group is representative of the on-line academic community as a whole and includes scholars with wide- ranging interests and experience, from junior to well-established senior academics. Senior Editorial and Advisory Board: Gordon Campbell, University of Leicester Hardy M. Cook III, Bowie State University Roy Flannagan, Ohio University W. L. Godshalk, University of Cincinnati Ian Lancashire, New College, University of Toronto Graham Parry, University of York, England Paul G. Stanwood, University of British Columbia Advisory Editors: Richard W. Bailey, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Ronald Bond, University of Calgary Luc Borot, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Elisabethaines, Universite Paul-Valery, Montpellier, France Douglas Bruster, University of Chicago Thomas Corns, University of Wales, Bangor Peter Donaldson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology A. S. G. Edwards, University of Victoria Jane Finnan, University of Toronto Antonia Forster, University of Akron John K. Hale, University of Otago, New Zealand Robert S. Knapp, Reed College F. J. Levy, University of Washington Lawrence Manley, Yale University John Manning, Queen's University of Belfast Stephen Naoyuki Matsuba, York University, Canada Mark Morton, University of Winnipeg Jim Nielson, University of British Columbia Stephen Orgel, Stanford University Milla Riggio, Trinity College, CT Alan Rudrum, Simon Fraser University Robert Wiznura, University of British Columbia Editor: Raymond G. Siemens, University of British Columbia Review Editor: Joanne Woolway, Oriel College, Oxford Editorial Assistant: Gretchen E. Minton, University of British Columbia Electronic Editors: Joseph Jones, University of British Columbia Jeff D. Miller, University of British Columbia David Thomson, University of British Columbia SUBMISSIONS EMLS invites contributions, primarily those of critical essays on literary topics and of interdisciplinary studies which centre on literature and literary culture in English during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Contributions, including critical essays and studies, bibliographies, notices, letters to the Editor, and other materials, may be submitted to the Editor by electronic mail at [log in to unmask] or by regular mail at Early Modern Literary Studies, Department of English, University of British Columbia, #397 - 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z1; reviews and materials for review may be sent to the Review Editor at [log in to unmask] or by regular mail at the same address, above. Brief hard-copy correspondence may be sent by fax to (604) 822-6906. Electronic mail submissions are accepted in ASCII format. Regular mail submissions of material on-disk are accepted in ASCII, Wordperfect, or Microsoft Word format; hard-copy submissions must be accompanied by electronic copies, either on- disk or via electronic mail, and will not be returned. All submissions must follow the current Modern Language Association Handbook, in addition to the following conventions used by EMLS for ASCII text: *bolded text* is denoted by asterisks, %italicized text% by percent signs, _underlined text_ with the underscore, ^superscript^ is denoted with the caret and is used for note numbers in the text, and notes themselves appear at the end of the document. A document outlining the representation of non-ASCII characters is available on demand. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION . . . For more information, or to join our mailing list, send a message to [log in to unmask] Raymond G. Siemens <[log in to unmask]> Department of English, University of British Columbia.