''Texas Studies in Literature and Language'', commonly known as TSLL, is a

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devoted to the

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

. It publishes essays reflecting a variety of critical approaches and all periods of literary history, with selected issues centering on special topics. Founded in 1911 as ''Studies in English'', it was subsequently issued as ''The University of Texas Studies in English'' (1949-1956) and ''Texas Studies in English'' (1957-1958) before assuming its current name. It remains "one of the oldest, if not the oldest, scholarly journals of its kind in North America." The journal is published quarterly by the

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. It is indexed in Academic Search Complete, MLA International Bibliography, Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies,

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, ArticleFirst, Periodicals Index Online, ProQuest Research Library,

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, and

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. Notable scholars who have published in TSLL include Gordon Braden, Rita Copeland, Louis Montrose, and

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (; born 24 February 1942) is an Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic. She is a University Professor at Columbia University and a founding member of the establishment's Institute for Comparative ...

. In addition, in 1962 the journal published an essay by a 24-year-old

Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novels ''Black ...

(writing as "J.C. Oates") titled "Melville and the Manichean Illusion." The journal has sponsored a number of special issues and noteworthy essays. A 2017 special issue on Modernism and Native America, edited by James H. Cox, included the previously unpublished Vine Theatre Manifesto by

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dramatist

Lynn Riggs Rollie Lynn Riggs (August 31, 1899 – June 30, 1954) was an American author, poet, playwright and screenwriter. His 1931 play '' Green Grow the Lilacs'' was adapted into the musical ''Oklahoma!''. Early life Riggs was born on a farm near Cl ...

as well as articles on

N. Scott Momaday Navarre Scotte Momaday (February 27, 1934–January 24, 2024) was a Kiowa and American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel ''House Made of Dawn'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969 in literature, 1969, and ...

, Todd Downing, and

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway ( ; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized fo ...

and

Katherine Anne Porter Katherine Anne Porter (May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980) was an American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, poet, and political activist. Her 1962 novel '' Ship of Fools'' was the best-selling novel in the United States that y ...

. In 2018, film scholar Donna Kornhaber curated a special issue devoted to the films of

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director

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. A 2019 special issue, co-edited by Janine Barchas and Devoney Looser, focused on future directions in

Jane Austen Jane Austen ( ; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for #List of works, her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century ...

studies. Research by John Rumrich into

John Milton John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem ''Paradise Lost'' was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and politic ...

's blindness was also published in 2019, with the findings and topic discussed by journalist Frank Bruni in a column in

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. In 2021, Domino Perez and Charles Ramirez Berg edited a special issue on the films of Austin director

Robert Rodriguez Robert Anthony Rodriguez ( ; born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker, composer, and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 ...

, whom they dubbed "the Wizard of Awe".

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/journals/texas-studies-in-literature-and-language
Online access at Project MuseJournal page at the Department of English, the University of Texas at Austin
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