The Old English Newsletter is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1967. It covers Anglo-Saxon studies and is published by the University of Massachusetts for the Old English Division of the Modern Language Association of America.
| Discipline | Old English philology, Anglo-Saxon history and culture |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Stephen Harris |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1967–present |
| Publisher | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Old Engl. Newsl. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0030-1973 |
| LCCN | sf79010230 |
| OCLC no. | 02428532 |
| Links | |
The journal publishes an annual Bibliography and Year's Work, which are widely relied upon.[1] Many issues include obituaries of relevant scholars.
The online version contains an archive of several years of the journal's publications.[2]
History
editWhen first established, the Old English Newsletter was published at Binghamton, New York, by the State University of New York's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.[3] In 1975, publication had transferred to the Ohio State University and in 2011 to the Department of English at the University of Tennessee. The journal is now published by the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, still on behalf of the Old English Division of the Modern Language Association of America.
Past editors
edit- 1967: Jess B. Bessinger, New York University, and Fred C. Robinson, Cornell (jointly)[4]
- 1975: Stanley J. Kahrl
- 1977: Paul E. Szarmach
- 2011: Roy Liuzza, University of Tennessee
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Baker, Peter S. (2003). Introduction to Old English. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. p. 325. ISBN 0-631-23453-5. OCLC 50919770.
- ^ "Old English Newsletter Online". Homepage. Old English Division, Modern Language Association of America. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
- ^ Marcuse, Michael J. (1990). A Reference Guide for English Studies. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 312. ISBN 0-520-05161-0. OCLC 14241434.
- ^ Old English Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1 (April 1967), p. 1
External links
edit- Official website
- Archives, with free access to Volume 1 (1977) through to volume 42 (2009)
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