SEL Studies in English Literature 1500–1900 is a quarterly journal published for Rice University by Johns Hopkins University Press. Submissions: https://sel.rice.edu/submission-guidelines-faq Marginalia: https://marginalia.blogs.rice.edu/https://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3myd2p35b5f23In SEL’s latest issue (64.3), Stephanie Hershinow reviews recent studies related to gender and sexuality, noting that studies are indebted to ongoing efforts that have “brought writings by women and queer people into print and into scholarly conversations.”20 Oct 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3myd2p35b5f23https://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mxrhf3f3tz23In SEL's latest issue (64.3), Elisha Cohn's thematic review looks at recent studies interested in long-nineteenth-century literary treatments of ecology and environment. Cohn finds that, whether by means of object lessons, formal investigations, or lyrical prose...13 Oct 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxrhf3f3tz23https://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mx7u4te5cw27In SEL’s 64.3 issue, Saree Makdisi reviews recent studies in the Restoration, 18C, and 19C for the scholarly conversation on culture and imperialism. Makdisi notes that studies frequently assume racial difference “in opposition to a settled, white, Western, English domestic subject position...”06 Oct 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7u4te5cw27https://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mwtbsxqekp2jIn SEL's latest issue, Chance David Pahl explores the "fractured essence of the periodical miscellany to promote tasteful consumption of literature," suggesting that "Brooke makes virtue of necessity while impressing a sense of legitimacy on the humble single-essay journal."01 Oct 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtbsxqekp2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mwoave2b472jIn SEL 64.3, Melissa Merte examines the relationship between Horticultural displays and the representation of nineteenth-century womanhood. Merte argues that Elizabeth Gaskell uses settings such as greenhouses and indoor aquariums to construct a relationship between botanical...29 Sep 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwoave2b472jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mwbok344w425SEL's partner publication, Marginalia, has a new installment of our interview series Marginalia Office Hours. Preview our recent conversation w/ Dr. Ann C. Christensen, Professor of English at University of Houston and author of A Warning for Fair Women: Adultery and Murder in Shakespeare's Theatre.24 Sep 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbok344w425https://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mw4zc5qjux2bNew book review live on Marginalia! Morgan Bettin-Coleman reviews The Gaelic and Indian Origins of the American Revolution: Diversity and the Empire in the British Atlantic, 1688-1883. Check out the full review now!22 Sep 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4zc5qjux2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mvq3atro2n2wIn SEL 64.3, James O'Rourke reappraises Jane Austen's use of free indirect discourse in Pride and Prejudice. He argues that "it solicits an active reading that shreds the authority of the most straightforward assertions of both Elizabeth and the heterodiegetic narrator."17 Sep 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvq3atro2n2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mvnkslvx6y2xNew book review live on Marginalia! Grace Fox reviews Victorian Women and Wayward Reading which Fox describes as "[offering] an alternative identity for Victorian women readers: that of the wayward reader." Check out the full review now! https://marginalia.blogs.rice.edu/2026/09/02/review-of-victorian-women-and-wayward-reading-a-review-by-grace-whitaker-fox/16 Sep 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnkslvx6y2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3muzh2ydngi2c#CallforPapers SEL is still accepting 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.08 Sep 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzh2ydngi2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mumyvbrftg2yCheck 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://www.instagram.com/reel/Dcwr3-4SzdH/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsi=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==03 Sep 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumyvbrftg2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mu3bi5hbin2tHappy 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."27 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3bi5hbin2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mtjo7mwsbu2o🚨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 Gordon20 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjo7mwsbu2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3msy2wfloye2aWe are 1 week away from the launch of our Summer 2026 Issue, so for this #TBT we're looking back at an article in our Summer 1999 Issue, which has been getting a lot of attention from SEL readers recently.13 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3msy2wfloye2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3msghoyvuhx2aOur 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.06 Aug 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3msghoyvuhx2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mrptjx7m5e27Listen 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 muse.jhu.edu/article/99017928 Jul 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrptjx7m5e27https://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mrdb53d23e2hIn 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.23 Jul 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdb53d23e2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mr6a7tpbba2hIn 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."21 Jul 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6a7tpbba2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mqu6fgflxw2bCall 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. Full CFP and on our website sel.rice.edu/open-cfps17 Jul 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu6fgflxw2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mq32ir7xjy2c🏖️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 year07 Jul 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq32ir7xjy2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mpohgtppb22cSEL is pleased to announce the publication of our inaugural SEL: The Roundtable on Early Modern Women's Rage. Part of our Living Discourse initiative, SEL: The Roundtable brings together scholars to participate in a roundtable discussion surrounding a central theme.02 Jul 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpohgtppb22chttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mpjgjucc6h2xIn SEL's latest issue, Lee examines The Comedy of Errors as a conflict between the male-dominated commercial sphere and the female-dominated domestic one over an important resource: time.30 Jun 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjgjucc6h2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3moxta6sdbx2lIn SEL's 64.2 issue, Miller-Tomlinson uses Henry V to reconceptualize the playhouse as an alternative model of affective economy. muse.jhu.edu/article/990179 Image Citation: Branston, Allen Robert, and Thurston, John. Henry V, Act V, Scene 2 . [1778-1827]. Folger Shakespeare Library. Artstor.23 Jun 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxta6sdbx2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mog7z4gxw72rIn SEL's 64.2 issue, Lee analyzes how the market disrupts the domestic space in Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. Lee argues that “the play ultimately affirms the vital role that women collectively play in preserving social unity and harmony." Read now on Project MUSE! muse.jhu.edu/article/99017816 Jun 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mog7z4gxw72rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mnznkxgjjq2g🪻SEL is entering our lavender era! SEL is pleased to announce the release of our Spring 2026 issue (64.2) featuring our inaugural installment of "SEL: The Roundtable." Read now on Project MUSE and stay tuned for more updates on contents and contributors. muse.jhu.edu/issue/5686611 Jun 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnznkxgjjq2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mlqq24pmtb2cSEL's spring issue (64.2) is set to release later this month. We are excited to share a teaser of the cover image ahead of the issue's release. Leave your guesses on the cover image in the comments! *Hint* Our cover is bringing floral fashion for the summer weather!13 May 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqq24pmtb2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3ml4mcmnhwg2zFor SEL's 65th anniversary, two undergraduate students conducted research in the SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 papers at the Woodson Research Center as part of the Fondren Fellows program.05 May 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4mcmnhwg2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mkpzyjwcqy2l#OTD 167 years ago Dickens published the first issue of his literary magazine, All the Year Round featuring the of his classic text A Tale of Two Cities. Image Citation: Dickens Giving the Last Reading of His Works. n.d. Wellcome Collection. https://jstor.org/stable/community.24723836.30 Apr 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpzyjwcqy2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sel1500to1900.bsky.social/post/3mkkz2ipdyx2pCalling all Macbeth fans! Codiamat reviews Macbeth Before Shakespeare which Codiamat describes as "[guiding] the reader through understanding the aspects of what we understand about the man Macbeth, as opposed to the literary character." Check out the review https://marginalia.blogs.rice.edu/2026/04/21/tracing-the-origins-of-macbeth-a-review-by-kathryn-codiamat/28 Apr 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk7dbxrdvb6jntfraaiastsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkz2ipdyx2p