MLN

MLN publishes five issues annually: Italian, Hispanic, German, French, and Comparative Literature. Dates associated with each issue appear below the general guidelines.
Contact MLNJournal@jh.edu with any questions.

General Information on Articles:

Articles must be original scholarship. MLN does not accept simultaneous submissions nor previously published work. Submit articles via ScholarOne: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mln 

Articles may be written in English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, or French and should be between 7,000 and 9,000 words, including notes and works cited. MLN adheres to a policy of double-blind peer review. Therefore, your manuscript should not include your name, affiliation, or other identifying information. In ScholarOne you will upload a title page with identifying information, but your main document (the manuscript) should be anonymized.

All authors of articles and notes will receive one bound copy of the issue their work appears in. An order form for reprints, giving the cost, is available online at https://www.sheridan.com/jhup/eoc.

It is our policy to require the assignment of copyright from all authors. All manuscripts should be originally written by the author. It is the author’s responsibility to obtain written permission for unpublished or published material quoted in excess of fair use, and for the reprinting of illustrations from unpublished or copyrighted material (for both print and electronic versions).

Style Guidelines:

MLN strictly follows the most recent Modern Language Association (MLA) style guidelines (9th edition). For guidance on MLA style, see the MLA Handbook, 9th Ed or the following online resources: the MLA Style Center and Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).
Articles should be submitted in Word (.doc or .docx files) and be double-spaced, including notes, with one-inch margins. Use Times New Roman or similar font, 12 point. Use the footnote feature in MS Word to link notes to the text of the article.

Images may be submitted as either black and white photos or as digital files (.tiff or high quality .jpgs) at least 300 dpi. Since images take up space normally reserved for text, please keep any such materials to a minimum.

Supply an abstract (maximum 200 words) and 5-7 keywords with your article. You must include an abstract in English. However, if the article is written in a language other than English, you may also include an abstract in the language of the article.

Book Reviews:

MLN welcomes single reviews of academic books published in the last two years. The journal also welcomes review essays of books on a particular topic or field. Single reviews are typically between 1,000 and 2,000 words, while review essays may be between 2,000 and 5,000 words. If you are interested in writing a review or a review essay, please send a proposal to mlnjournal@jh.edu specifying the book(s) you would like to review and the issue to which you are submitting the proposal (Italian, Hispanic, German, French, and Comparative Literature). All reviews and review essays are considered on a case-by-case basis. 

Reviews may be written in English or one of the other languages published by MLN. Reviews should begin with the bibliographic reference for the book reviewed and end with your name and affiliation. Do not include notes. Otherwise, follow citation and formatting guidelines above. 

Issue-specific deadlines:

Manuscripts must arrive by the following dates to be considered for inclusion in the upcoming issue. 
French: January 30
Comparative Literature: March 1
Italian: March 15
Hispanic: May 1
German: September 1

The Hopkins Press Journals Ethics and Malpractice Statement can be found at the ethics-and-malpractice page.

Peer Review Policy

MLN Comparative Literature Peer Review Policy

MLN French Peer Review Policy

MLN German Peer Review Policy

MLN Hispanic Peer Review Policy

MLN Italian Peer Review Policy

The 2024 French issue of MLN invites original contributions, in English or in French, to a special issue entitled “Passage to the Nineteenth Century” edited by Daniel Desormeaux in collaboration with the editorial board. We invite authors to explore the theme of “passage” and its implications in French and Francophone literatures and cultures, in ways that transcend beliefs in the nineteenth century as a homogeneous landscape limned by traditional academic discourses. We encourage transversal, comparative, and global perspectives that engage with particular concepts of passage through literary texts, artistic production, and case-based expressions of historical and cultural norms. We know, for instance, that nineteenth -century French literature was open to broad spaces of Francophone passage: Louisianans, Africans, Quebecers, Asians, Acadians, and West Indians were all actively present at the heart of the Romantic period. Likewise, the concept of passage was integral to some of the major schools of thought and myriad movements that shaped the nineteenth century. Such passages—recognized, neglected, misunderstood, or forgotten—make the nineteenth century a bulwark against historical obsolescence and literary confinement.

Consistent with the journal’s practice, submissions will be accepted after double-blind review. Authors must follow all provided submission guidelines. The journal does not accept translations, in either language, of previously published work. Full compliance with all deadlines is a requisite for publication.

Manuscripts for the French Issue should be sent as electronic attachments to MLNJournal@jh.edu. All English-language submissions MUST follow the 8th Ed. MLA Stylebook and be print ready. Submissions must arrive by January 30 to be considered.

Submission guidelines for manuscripts in English

Consignes aux auteurs

Submissions are closed for MLN 140.1. 

This special issue undertakes a comprehensive reevaluation of the influence of Italian culture on the United States post-World War II. The essays featured in “Re-Modernist Italy: Literatures in the Transatlantic Postwar Years” analyze how cross-cultural influences affected the literatures, arts, industrial society, and institutions of both countries, shaping a modern understanding of Italian style and identity in the context of an emergent globalized world. Through a variety of case studies, our contributors especially shed light on the ways the burgeoning professional editorial and literary culture mediated between Italy and the US—by examining the work of agents who promoted and disseminated Italian culture across the Atlantic in the 1950s and 1960s, they also offer a reflection on the concepts of “influence,” “circulation,” and “infrastructure,” in the context of cultural transfers."

Managing Editor

Victoria Livingstone

Editorial Board

Wilda Anderson
Marina Bedran
Jane Bennett
Daniel Desormeaux
Laura Di Bianco
William Egginton
Brahim El Guabli 
Christiane Frey
Maia Gil’Adí    
Eduardo González
Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei
Satoru Hashimoto
Gisela Heffes 
Jacob Haubenreich
Paul Michael Johnson
Leonardo Lisi
Paola Marrati
Marcelo Nogueira
Yi-Ping Ong
Katrin Pahl
Elena Russo
Arielle Saiber
Derek Schilling
Peter J. Schmelz          
Bécquer Seguín
Lisa Siraganian
Samuel Spinner
Neta Stahl
Walter Stephens
Rochelle Tobias
Bernadette Wegenstein

Send books for review in the Italian, Hispanic, German and French issues to:

Editors, MLN
Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218

Send books for review in the Comparative Literature issue to:

Editors, MLN
Department of Comparative Thought and Literature
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218

Please send book review copies to the contacts above. Review copies received by the Johns Hopkins University Press office will be discarded.

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Abstracting & Indexing Sources

• Children's Book Review Index   (Active)  (Print)
• Abstracts of English Studies   (Ceased)  (Print)
• Academic Index   (Ceased)  (Print)
• Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities   (Ceased)  (Print)
• Social Planning - Policy & Development Abstracts   (Ceased)  (Print)
• Middle East: Abstracts and Index   (Researched / Unresolved)  (Print)

Source: Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory.

0.1 (2023)
0.2 (Five-Year Impact Factor)
0.00044 (Eigenfactor™ Score)

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Readers include: Scholars; educators; and others with an interest in the humanities, literary criticism, and comparative literature, and in French, German, Hispanic, and Italian literatures

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