The Southern Quarterly

The Southern Quarterly was originally published in 2000 by the University of Southern Mississippi. It has different subjects throughout its various different issues, including subjects such as: aspects of the Southern United States, United States history, and American Literature. In the description of the article itself, it analyzes Southern culture through literature, folklore, anthropology, and history (ebsco host). For example, one of the earlier articles that this journal publishes was titled “Negotiating boundaries of Southern Womanhood: Dealing with the Powers that Be” (Petry). This journal is still publishing its collection of articles to this day, with it publishes by season. So, it has Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter issues. This journal is located at the University of Southern Mississippi still, and has recently published its Winter 2019 journal. This journal can be very useful for English majors because it shows insight into how Southern culture works and how it has developed over time. It can also show a large degree of how Southern writers produce their material, and how the way that they write can vary from other writers in different parts of the United States. For example, one article that is published is titled “Culture and Ideology: The Gothic Revival in the Backlot of Antebellum Charleston” (Ellis et al.,). This just shows how this article not only reflects the culture in the South, but also the different methods in which it is written with.

With this journal, there are specific criteria that one must follow in order to be able to have their work published in this article. You must have an article that is based on solid documentation, that is seated in literary or critical theory, and that make and original and important contribution to the study of the American South. Articles are not allowed to exceed twenty to twenty-five double-spaced pages in length, along with all of the sources and documentation (The Southern Quarterly). These are the basic guidelines, and as the articles are submitted, they must go through the editorial board. It also states that if you are submitting something and it does not get published, then it becomes the property of The Southern Quarterly. The editorial board consists of many people, with the main editor being Kate Cochran. This journal’s main focus is to shine a light on what Southern culture is, was, and what is projected to happen in the South in the future. This journal is currently calling for people to submit their own original articles for the Spring/Summer of 2020, the Fall of 2020, and the Winter of 2021. These articles must go along with the pre-selected theme of each seasonal publication, and must make sense to the topic that is shown.

While this journal looks into the different issues and topics in the South, its articles range widely from publication to publication. In the Fall of 2015, for example, the articles focused mainly on death. There was one article in this particular publication titled “Pleading with Death: Folk Visions of Death (and Life) in the New South” (Hayes). This article explores the new looks into the various ways that the South perceives myths about death, and how they cope with it in today’s world and society. In another article stemming from the same published issue, titled as “Lay It All on the Table: Death in the American South,” this article touches on how older traditions around death flow into the new age (Smith). This article focused on touching on how old traditions correlate still with newer traditions in the South, and can still be seen in morphed ways. In another issue that was published in 2003, however, the articles were centered on a person rather than an idea. This particular issue focused on Richard Marius. They ranged from an analysis of the man himself, to a glimpse and discussion about how he lived his life. One of the works written about him, titled “Re-visioning the overland trail: Richard Marius’s bound for the promised land,” covers the analysis of Marius’s specific works and looks into how they can be interpreted (Carroll). But the attitudes of these articles do change, with each one being unique on its own outlook of Marius and his life and works. In another article, “Neither Saint nor Sinner: An Analysis of Richard Marius as a Biographer of Thomas Moore,” this article goes into the ways at which Marius wrote about the life of another writer (Bowman). Whereas one article was an analysis and break down of Marius’s works, this article was more of a critique.

Overall, The Southern Quarterly looks to delve into the many different aspects of the South, in many different terms. This journal can be very beneficial to English majors who are looking for information, writings, or specific analyses over the different parts of the South, and how they contribute to literature today. This journal solely looks at the different types of Southern literature and history, and tries to bring it to a more modern groups of people. This journal can be accessed by many databases and libraries, and can also be obtained with a subscription, which costs a fee. Overall, this journal is beneficial because it gives readers a newfound look into Southern culture and shines a light that might melt away all of the stigmas that the South faces today.

Works Cited

Bowman, Glen. “Neither Saint nor Sinner: An Analysis of Richard Marius as Biographer of                     Thomas More.” Southern Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4, 2003, pp. 78-91. ProQuest, https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.tntech.edu/docview/222245383?accountid=28833.

Carroll, Viera. “Re-Visioning the Overland Trail: Richard Marius’s Bound for the Promised         Land.” Southern Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4, 2003, pp. 52-67. ProQuest, https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.tntech.edu/docview/222260514?accountid=28833

“Details for The Southern Quarterly,” EBSCOhost, EBSCO Industries, 2019.             http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.tntech.edu/ehost/command/detail?vid=0&sid=08a3b4c8-c571-4c24-993b-          1657436eff03%40sessionmgr4006&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#jid=4LD&db=hft

Ellis, Clifton; Haney, Gina. “Visual Culture and Ideology: The Gothic Revival in the Backlot of Antebellum Charleston.” ProQuest, Vol. 44, Iss. 4, (Summer 2007), https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.tntech.edu/docview/222264458/95B6382524E74A63PQ/4?accountid=28833

Hayes, John. “Pleading with Death: Folk Visions of Death (and Life) in the New   South.” Southern Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 1, 2015, pp. 105-120,262. ProQuest, https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.tntech.edu/docview/1759326149?accountid=28833.

O’Hara, Shelley. What Can You Do with a Major in English? Cliffs Notes, 2005. Web.                

Petry, Alice Hall. “Negotiating Boundaries of Southern Womanhood: Dealing with the Powers    that Be.” ProQuest, Vol. 41, Iss. 1, (Fall 2002),  https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.tntech.edu/docview/222268517/EB22E707FED450DPQ/13?accountid=28833

Smith, Abigail L. “Lay it all on the Table: Death in the American South.” Southern Quarterly,     vol. 53, no. 1, 2015, pp. 72-86,263. ProQuest, https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.tntech.edu/docview/1759326056?accountid=28833.

“The Southern Quarterly.” The Southern Quarterly | The University of Southern Mississippi,        University of Southern Mississippi , https://aquila.usm.edu/soq/

University of Southern Mississippi. College of Arts Letters. The Southern Quarterly. (1962).        Web.

50minutes.com. Job Seeking on Social Media: Using LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook to Find                  Your Dream Job. 50 Minutes, 2015. Web.

College Literature

Many college professors might be searching for the perfect resource to learn new material, or a different view through various lenses. As time goes on, scholars begin to look at different works through various lens that are fueled by things happening throughout time, and knowledge from other scholars. A fantastic place to find reliable research, and information, is the academic journal, College Literature. It’s published by John Hopkins University Press from 1974- present. It is published in a series of quarterly magazines that breaks down different works from authors, both past and present, and brings a fresh look to those various works.  Throughout its articles scholar’s breakdown different works from authors, and begin to process them in different ways. The works chosen to be broken apart vary, but can be anything from works of poetry in the 19^thcentury, analyzing the Odyssey in a new light, or many current works that have been published in the 21^stcentury. With the variety in topics covered it makes finding useful information about works easily accessible for scholars. 

Due to the large amount of literature that is covered in the collegiate setting, this magazine covers a wide variety of things. One of the topics covered is literary theory and criticism. Articles such as “From many million heart-throbs”: Walt Whitman’s Communitarian Sentimentalisms” (Schöberlein), and “Entropic imagination in Poe’s The masque of the red death.” (Zapf). It covers current topics on American literature today such as: “Order Out of Chaos: Whiteness, White Supremacy, and Thomas Dixon”, Jr (Ruiz- Velasco), and “The Power to Undo Sin: Race, History and Literary Blackness in Rilla Askew’s “Fire in Beulah” (Hada). It has some articles that look at older American literature through new lens such as: “Black Objects: Animation and Objectification in Charles Chesnutt’s Conjure Tales” (Lam), and “Frankenstein, Paradise Lost, and “the majesty of goodness”(Ping). Some other topics discussed in this journal are third word literature, European literature, and many other branches of literature taught in classrooms around the world. This journal captures interesting topics from all over the world, and throughout time for scholars to be able to utilize. This journal can be used as a vital resource for anyone who wants to learn more about various literature. 

 One thing that makes this resource valuable for scholars is that all the articles are peer reviewed. Over the past 40 plus years the editors, and the editor boards, for the magazine have changed, however, the current editor is Carolyn Sorisio, West Chester University. Sorisio has a Ph.D. from Temple University, and is currently a professor at West Chester University.  She specializes in 19^th century American Literature with an emphasis on gender and race. Sorisio has several published articles in various academic magazines, and continues to do research along with teaching various literature classes. She also won various awards for her writing which include, 2015 Susan Koppleman Award from the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. She won that prize for “The Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins’s Campaign for American Indian Rights” [coedited with Cari M. Carpenter (Univ. of Nebraska P, 2015). Associate editors, review editors, and various other editors are professors who are actively continuing their research, and are well established researchers in their own right. 

Tennessee Tech students have access to this journal through the libraries various databases. Issues from 1999 to 2019 are able to be viewed by current students and faculty are housed in the EBSCOhost data base. Other data bases carry articles as well, but EBSCOhost houses the largest variety of the articles. Some articles are able to be viewed on the publisher’s website, but usually it is only two articles per edition. The best way to view the information is to subscribe to the magazine, or have access through the school database. 

 Work Cited

“College Literature: A Journal of Critical Literary Studies.” College Literature: A Journal of Critical Literary Studies | JHU Press.

“English.” Carolyn Sorisio – West Chester University, 2018.

Hada, Kenneth. “The Power to Undo Sin: Race, History and Literary Blackness in Rilla Askew’s ‘Fire in Beulah’.” College Literature, vol. 34, no. 4, 2007.

Lam, Joshua. “Black Objects: Animation and Objectification in Charles Chesnutt’s Conjure Tales.” College Literature, vol. 34, no. 4, 2018.

Ping, Tang Soo. “Frankstein, Paradise Lost, and ‘the Majesty of Goodness’.Ta.” College Literature, vol. 16, no. 3, 1989.

Ruiz-Velasco, Chris. “Order Out of Chaos: Whiteness, White Supremacy, and Thomas Dixon, Jr.” College Literature, vol. 34, no. 4, 2007.

Schöberlein, Stefan. “‘From Many Million Heart-Throbs’: Walt Whitman’s Communitarian Sentimentalisms.” College Literature, vol. 45, no. 3, 2018.

Zapf, Hubert. “Entropic Imagination in Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death.” College Literature, vol. 16, no. 3, 1989.

Studies in the Novel

Studies in the Novel is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal founded in 1969 by James W. Lee at the University of North Texas. It contains book reviews and essays over a plethora of topics and is not restricted to any period, subject, or genre of literature. The current Editor is Nora Gilbert and the editorial board consists of an even mix of male and female professors from various universities across America. Once a year a guest editor is brought on and an issue will feature a single author or topic. Essay subjects range from early science fiction, to the use of holy grail motifs in McCarthy’s The Road, to the CIA’s involvement in the film adaptation of Orwell’s Animal Farm. Early issues of Studies in the Novel (1969-1992) are available to TTU students in print at the Volpe Library and journals from 1994-present can be found online through the Proquest Central database.

Submissions to Studies in the Novel must be submitted online as a MS Word file adhering to MLA format consisting of around 6,000 to 9,000 words. Due to the scope of the journal, there are no restrictions on the submission’s subject or stance. Submitted articles are reviewed through the double-blind process after the editor-in-chief has deemed the article to be of sufficient quality. The acceptance rate for submitted articles ranges from approximately 10-13% while book reviews are commissioned by the journal and are almost universally accepted.

 

The content of articles remain, at their core, similar throughout the 50 years the journal has been in publication. They all approach a work of literature from a specific angle. While articles vary wildly in their chosen interpretation of a work, some books are featured several times throughout the years. This reevaluation makes sense when considering the change of culture that has occured since the early issues of the nascent journal’s inception fifty years ago. The following synopses will help to demonstrate both the journal’s broad spectrum of topics and eclectic sources while also highlighting how various interpretations of the same text are encouraged.We begin our look at this expansive journal with 1985’s Spring volume. “Parent-Child Tensions in Frankenstein: The Search for Communion” takes a look at how Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a metaphor for abusive/negligent parents and how there is a subtle inference of familial discord within Victor Frankenstein’s family. This article is juxtaposed with “Faulkner’s blues”, a review-essay that delves into Faulkner’s love of the musical genre and how the themes and culture of the music influenced how he wrote his stories.

 

In the spring of 1999, Studies in the Novel featured diverse essays ranging from Mark Twain’s unfinished “Mysterious Stranger” story to the idea of conscience in Frankenstein. “Terrible dreams of creative power: The question of no. 44” takes a look at the multiple versions of an incomplete story Twain had worked on in his later years and is concerned with the character No. 44/Young Satan. “Frankenstein and the Reprobate’s Conscience” sees Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein not as a warning about scientific advancement, but as a novel dealing with “horrors raised out there in the world by a scientist recklessly driving to change the course of nature.” (Goodall 19).

The most recent volume of Studies in the Novel (Vol. 51, Iss. 3) contains another article about Frankenstein, “Frankenstein’s Ghosts”. While the previously mentioned articles were concerned with conscience and relationships within families, this article focuses on the use of ghosts in the narrative and how the tangible existence of an ethereal being allows the author to address “A contemporary anxiety produced by the scientific advances that she records” (Anderson 333). This issue also highlights how submissions have changed throughout the years. Topics and fears that were less relevant during the journal’s inception in 1969 are now prevalent. This can be seen with “Digital Screens and National Divides in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West” by Liliana Naydan. Naydan argues that Exit West is a warning about technology offering merely the façade of being connected while we are actually more separated than ever.

Studies in the Novel is a prestigious, ongoing journal that any English major will be able to find something of interest in. While canonized literature seems to take precedence, both lesser known novels from the past and more modern works are also featured.

Works CitedAnderson, Emily Hodgson. “Frankenstein’s Ghosts.” Studies in the Novel, vol. 51, no. 3, Oct. 2019, pp. 333-347., doi:10.1353/sdn.2019.0043

Claridge, Laura P. “Parent-child Tensions in Frankenstein: The Search for Communion.” Studies in the Novel, vol. 17, no. 1, Apr. 1985, pp. 14-26.

Goodall, Jane. “Frankenstein and the Reprobbate’s Conscience.” Studies in the Novel, vol. 31, no. 1, Apr. 1999, pp. 19-20.

Krause, David. “Faulkner’s Blues.” Studies in the Novel, vol. 17, no. 1, Apr. 1985, pp. 80-94.

Naydan, Liliana M. “Digital Screens and National Divides in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West.” Studies in the Novel, vol. 51, no. 3, Oct. 2019, pp. 433-451., doi:10.1353/sdn.2019.0048

Royal, Derek Paarker. “Terrible Dreams of Creative Power: The Question of No. 44” Studies in the Novel, vol. 31, no. 1, Apr. 1999, pp. 44-59.

The Georgia Review

Kathryn Holeton

            The Georgia Review Literary Journal began in 1947. It releases a new issue four times a year in the months of March, June, September and December and it is available online and in print. Purchase is required to gain complete access to an entire issue. The Georgia Review Literary Journal is a peer-reviewed source. The journal publishes in a large range of genres, such as essays on literature, philosophy, history, art history, film criticism, linguistics, music, psychology, poetry, and fiction. Stephen Corey became part of The Georgia Review Literary Journal staff in 1983 as assistant editor and later worked as associate editor and acting editor. Stephen Corey has been the editor of The Georgia Review Literary Journal since 2008. He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree from Binghamton University and he has a PhD from the University of Florida (Stephen Corey).

            In the Fall 2019 issue of The Georgia Review Literary Journal, an article titled “The Name Means Thunder” was published. The article is about a Native American family that has a troubled life living where they live. The members of the family are constant outcasts from society because they are perceived as not knowing basic information (Talty). This article is a fictional short story. Another article from this issue of The Georgia Review is called “My Father, The Atomic Bomb.” This article is about a woman researching her biological father’s involvement with the atomic bomb of World War II. The author talks about her journey across the country as she searches for lost pieces of her father’s life (Dancoff). This article is a true story written in an essay format. This particular issue of The Georgia Review published nine essays, two fictional short stories, eleven poems, one piece of art, six book reviews, one interview, and three special feature pieces.

            This issue of the Georgia Review Literary Journal was published in the Fall of 2015. In this issue, an article titled “Mad Pieces” was published. The article is about the author relating her illness to the insanity of King Charles VI. The author also explores the art of glassblowing during the time of King Charles VI (Staid). This article is an essay. Another article from this issue is called “Sk8r.” This article is about a depressed twelve- year- old girl named Ilsa finding a gun in her mother’s clothing drawer, which she decides to use later in the story (Griffiths). This article is a fictional short story. The 2015 issue of The Georgia Review published four essays, three fictional short stories, ten pieces of poetry, one piece of art, five book reviews, and one interview.

            In the Winter 2012 issue of The Georgia Review, an article titled “Rapture” was published. It is about two girls having a birthday party sleepover with their strange friend and her family. The grandmother of the family is depicted as a prophet of Jesus. (Elliott) This article is a fictional short story. Another article called “Metamorphosis: From Light Verse to the Poetry of Witness” was also published. It is about an aged female writer explaining how her career developed as a writer. She also goes into detail about the frustrations of being a female writer in the 1970s (Kumin). In this issue of The Georgia Review Literary Journal, four essays, three short stories, nine pieces of poetry, one piece of art, and three reviews were published.

 For submissions, the journal prefers 2,500-10,000-word long articles. There are 350 articles submitted to the journal per year, but there are 15-20 articles out of the 350 that are published per year. The Georgia Review also publishes book reviews. The book reviews are generally assigned, but queries are also accepted. The preferred length of the book reviews are 500-5,000 words. Approximately 100 book reviews are submitted but only 30 are published per year. The University of Georgia the copyright holder of any accepted material, but copyright is transferred back to the author upon publication. Rejected manuscripts are given back to the author upon the author’s request. Abstracts and short notes are not published by The Georgia Review Literary Journal. Submission timelines are as follows: the time between submission and a decision to publish an article is 2-3 months. The time between decision and the decision to publish is 3-12 months. There are 2-4 readers who read the article in question before it is published. The preferred style of editing is in MLA. Only one copy of the manuscript is required for submission and there is no blind submission policy (The Georgia Review).

            The Georgia Review Literary journal is useful because it publishes a large variety of literature and it allows its’ readers to read new material from rising authors. It is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography – – Periodicals database on Tennessee Technological University’s Library home page online. The Georgia Review Literary Journal does not have free access, readers must subscribe to gain access to an entire issue.  

Works Cited

Dancoff, Judith. “My Father, the Atomic Bomb.” The Georgia Review. University of Georgia,        2019.

Elliott, Julia. “Rapture.” The Georgia Review, The University of Georgia, 2012.

Griffiths, Siân. “Sk8r.” The Georgia Review, University of Georgia, 2015.

Kumin, Maxine. “Metamorphosis: From Light Verse to the Poetry of Witness.” The Georgia         Review, University of Georgia, 2012.

Staid, Mairead Small. “Mad Pieces.” The Georgia Review, The university of Georgia,2015.

“Stephen Corey.” The Georgia Review, University of Georgia, 2012.

Talty, Morgan. “The Name Means Thunder.” The Georgia Review,2019.

 “The Georgia Review.” MLA International Bibliography – -Periodicals, EBSCO:2019.

Bookbird: An International Journal of Children’s Literature

Paula J. Rodriguez

           Bookbird is an International journal of children’s literature published beginning in 1963 through John’s Hopkins University Press and the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). The editors are currently Petros Panaou with the University of Georgia and Janelle Mathis with the University of Texas. The editorial board is comprised of professors at multiple international and national universities. Some of the countries represented include the USA, Mexico, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, India, Hungary, Egypt, Iran, and Sweden. This is important as this journal looks at literature in other countries and their impact on the Anglophile as well as catering to those individuals that are interested in children’s books.

           A typical issue includes an editorial, articles that focus on an international perspective of children’s literature, shorter articles for teachers and librarians, reviews and postcards. Academic articles can not be longer than 4,000 words, short articles should not be more than 2500 words, reviews should be less than 1,000 words, and postcards should be less than 300 words. Submissions are reviewed before acceptance and should not be submitted elsewhere during this process. It can take up to a year from submission to publication and the journal is published quarterly. If the article is not in English, it must first be translated by an accredited translator before submission.

           Some articles that were translated before publication that I observed were “Young Adult Literature in Bolivia” (Canedo, 2014) which is an interview with a librarian on how literature has changed in Bolivia. Another example would be “Monkey King’s Journey to the West: Transmission of a Chinese Folktale to Anglophone Children” (Chen, 2009) which shows how the contextual rather than literal translation has changed the meaning of this tale for children. This is one way that the journal stayed the same even with a change in editors in 2009.

           Some of the changes are the artwork between 2009 and the more current issues in 2014 and 2019. In 2009 there is a darker background and theme to the art whereas current issues as well as the issues in 2014 focus on more positive and colorful art. Although there was a change in editors the content remains politically charged for example in 2009 one of the academic articles was “Substance or Illusion?: Young Adult Literature in India” which focused on female genocide within children’s literature Then in 2019 the trend continues as they published “The Dangers of Reading Globally” which basically states that the more informed an individual is the more dangerous they can become within social and political circles.. Another article was “Fairy Tales, Feminism, and Fighting the Patriarchy: An Interview with Elana K. Arnold” (Bittner, 2019) which focused on images in fairy tales and how the symbolism has changed as girls evolve. In 2014 Bookbird shows they are ready to tackle controversial topics when they published “El Fulano and Patty Swan: Rhetorically Queering the Island in the Meaning of Consuelo” (Brewster, 2014) which is a translated article covering new ways of reading old stories and folktales and showing the homosexual topics covered in children’s literature. In a way the journal still continued to cover not only politically charged material but also translated articles and controversial topics even through the change in editors.  The reasoning behind changing editors was simply due to a change in the direction of the journal and the previous editors moving on in their careers.

           I believe that this journal could be helpful to librarians that are looking for international books to recommend either to students for outside reading or expanding their horizons. Teachers would also use this journal to keep abreast of current trends in young adult and children’s literature around the world. English students and professors would be able to see new authors to watch for and how literature is seen from an international perspective. All the articles were found in the Volpe and Angelo database through the ProQuest database and the e journal free access. Journals from 1963 to 2010 can be accessed in their entirety through TNTech Volpe free ejournals. Years 2011 -2019 can be accessed through ProQuest but not in their entirety.

WORKS CITED

Bittner, Rob, and Elana K. Arnold. “Fairy Tales, Feminism, and Fighting the Patriarchy: An Interview with Elana K. Arnold.” Bookbird, vol. 57, no. 2, 2019, pp. 59-65. ProQuest, https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.tntech.edu/docview/2221197929?accountid=28833.

Brewster, Hilary. “El Fulano and Patty Swan: Rhetorically Queering the Island in the Meaning of Consuelo.” Bookbird, vol. 52, no. 3, 2014, pp. 65-75. ProQuest, https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.tntech.edu/docview/1559874572?accountid=28833.

Canedo, Gaby V. “Young Adult Literature in Bolivia.” Bookbird, vol. 52, no. 3, 2014, pp. 91-93. ProQuest, https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.tntech.edu/docview/1559873766?accountid=28833.

Rangachari, Devika. “Substance or Illusion?: Young Adult Literature in India.” Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature, vol. 47, no. 1, Jan. 2009, pp. 18–25., doi:10.1353/bkb.0.0129.

Short, Kathy G. “The Dangers of Reading Globally.” Bookbird, vol. 57, no. 2, 2019, pp. 1-11. ProQuest, https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.tntech.edu/docview/2221205091?accountid=28833.

Ying-Yu), Irene Chen (Chen. “Monkey King’s Journey to the West: Transmission of a Chinese Folktale to Anglophone Children.” Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature, vol. 47, no. 1, Jan. 2009, pp. 26–33. ProQuest, doi:10.1353/bkb.0.0116.

Fairy Tales: A Selective Annotated Bibliography

[by William Leonard]

A child cries in the dark afraid of the monsters underneath his bed.  Then the child’s mother arrives, carrying with her a simple reading light, and a book entitled The Bedtime Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm tucked under her arm, sitting in the chair beside the bed.  She turns on the light, and thumbs through the yellowed pages as she consoles the child, finds the right page, and begins with a phrase older than the world, “Once upon a time…”

How many people have such memories?  True, the means may change, such as the child being a teenager picking up an interesting book at the local library, or a newly married couple watching the new show on the television, or any number of grandparents reading to a small child.  Fairy tales have been around longer than anyone can remember, and the idea of them has been for longer than recorded history- they just change form.  But recently, some people have begun to ask, “Where have these stories gone?”  The fact is they are still around though it may take some looking, and they are still a major influence, if a little more subtle than in prior years.

Unfortunately, there are too many potential means of portraying the influence of these tales to include in one short work.  Keeping this limitation in mind, the following is a fairly selective annotated bibliography including a wide variety of sources on how Fairy Tales continue to influence literature and the modern world, and their manifestations, particularly those either taken from or in some way influenced by the Brothers Grimm.

Works included refer to several varieties of application- scholastic sources best suited for proper application in any school paper, the informal means intended more as springboards for finding casual sources and connecting with the reading audience, and others providing evidence for multiple points of view in regards to the history and methods of influence to allow greatest versatility in any work based off these sources.  These sources range from academic journals, such as Notes on Contemporary Literature, to common websites including Fanfiction.com, to individual books beginning with The Annotated Brothers Grimm.  They are of use to any to describe the influences of fairy tales in many fields, or as a brief discussion in other fields, such as a paper on child psychology (seeing as children are the primary audience of Fairy Tales throughout history).  As such, these sources are best applied by a student for a paper focusing on the influences of Fairy Tales in the modern world, though others can benefit; such people would include those involved in the field of literature studies as a teachers or potential authors seeking inspiration in the form of Fairy Tales.

Tatar, Maria.  The Annotated Brothers Grimm.  New York: W.W. Norton and Company,Inc, 2004.  Print

The Annotated Brothers Grimm is actually a rare example of a complete and relavent title-this work is a collection of the Fairy Tales collected by the Brothers Grimm,kept in their (at least mostly) original form instead of attempting to modernize them.  For instance, in the story of Little Red Riding Hood, the girl is naïve and is eaten by the wolf, then released when the huntsman takes scissors and slices the wolf’s belly open, filling it with stones.  Each of the stories has a number of annotations, numbered according to the quality of the tale, which details differences in portrayals, and potential meanings behind these variations.  An excellent start to the study of Fairy Tales, as they are the rough origionals.

Klima, John.  Happily Ever After.  New York City: Night Shade Books, 2011.  Print.

Happily Ever After is a collection of retold Fairy Tales, including story form (such as My Life as  Bird by Charles de Lint, He Dies that Day, In Thirty Years by Will McCarthy, and The Rose Garden by Michelle West), and a dramatic script (in Gregory Maguire’s “The Seven Stage Comeback,” a 1 Act play with 6 Scenes).  Included before each story is a brief annotation about the authors in question, which grants minor details about prior works (such as Gregory Maguire’s work on the book Wicked, now a Broadway Musical, which details the life and times of Elphaba, better known as the Wicked Witch of the West).  A good read for fun, and an excellent record of modernized Fairy Tales.

Nayar, Pramod K.  “The Sense of Horror; Angela Carter’s ‘The Bloody Chamber’”.  Notes on Contemporary Literature 38.1 (2008): 4.  Students Resources in Context.  Web.

This is an article written by a professor employed at the University of Byderabad in India focusing on The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter.  This is an excellent example of academic essays written on the subject, as well as the simple scope of distance that the structure of Fairy Tales has spread, despite the “traditional stomping grounds” of Europe that claim this structure.  In these, he writes on the stimulation of horror, or fear, that is created, “not by appealing to the reader’s intellect by rather by stimulating bodily sensations in terms of colour, temperature, and haptic (sense of touch) conditions.”  It is an examination in detail of that horror, and of the exact effects upon the reader.  This is an excellent source when searching for the direct form of influence between reader and book in modern Fairy Tales.

Talor, Patricia R.  “Criminal Appropriations of Shakespeare in Jasper Fforde’s Something Rotten.”  College Literature 37.4 (fall 2010): pg 23.  Print.

This is a critical essay written on the subject of a book written by jasper Fforde entitled Something Rotten, which is a parody of Shakespeare’s work.  Fforde writes many parodies, with examples listed in the text (including The Eyre Affair in 2001, Lost in a Good Book in 2002, The Well of Lost Plots in 2003, Something Rotten in 2004, and First Among Sequels in 2007); these books employ many of Shakespeare’s characters in appropriation in ‘displays of destructive power; for example police incarcerate actors for poorly performing Twelfth Night…’  This essay argues that violent appropriations can be constructive rather than oppressive.  A reliable source more for the journal in which it appears, which is the triennially published College Literature Journal, though this essay can also serve in the act of examining differences of perspectives regarding venerable Shakespeare, and the comedic side of Fairy Tales in remembering one thing-many such tales were written as counterpoints to major or venerated subjects.

Hume, Kathryn.  “Voice in Kathy Acker’s Fiction” Contemporary Literature.  Volume 42 issue 3 (2001) pages 485-513.  Print.

This is an article describing the use of voice in the fiction of Kathy Acker, voice being defined as “a combination of verbal flavor, attitude, and subject matter designed to display the attitude and encourage it in readers.  Voice in this sense resembles the orchestration and preferred tonalities that let one identify a couple measures of Tchaikovsky from the Russian intervals…The voice in Acker’s fiction is similarly individual to her, and paying attention to it helps uncover her assumptions about character and understanding what she is reacting against.”  This article is meticulously detailed, and as such is a solid source for the identification of individual styles, an integral part of understanding Fairy Tales and fiction, which Kathy Acker writes.

Cashdan, Sheldon.  The Witch Must Die:  The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales.  New York City: BasicBooks, 2000.  Print.

This book was written by a professional psychologist, as an in-depth examination of the “classic” mentality of the most prominent audience of fairy tales- children.  As such, it has many parts that have reference to the psychology of children, and the application of these stories to those children.  It is worth noting, though, that Cashdan did commit one failure-the assumption that these tales were always meant for children, which did not happen until roughly the Victorian Age, several hundred years after their creation.  The originals were folk and morality tales enhanced by the upper class and collected by scholars for that upper class, and as such one must remember this pitfall.  That aside, it is a good look at the formulaic mindset behind their examination- apply story X to child Y for condition Z and the child is fixed, which has some merits, though it is not the be-all and end-all of the stories.

Tatar, Maria.  The Grimm Reader: The Classic Tales of the Brothers Grimm.  New York: W.W. Norton and Company,Inc, 2004.  Print

This is a book written by the chair of the Program in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University, and as such is as close to a scholastic source as you will get to the ideals.  This book has in it annotations and a preface to provide readers with the historical and cultural context to understand what these stores meant and their contemporary resonance. The book includes some of the more famous stories in world literature, such as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White and other stories less known, such as The Seven Ravens

Maguire,Gregory.  Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.  New York City: Harper Collins, 1995.  Print.

Wicked, written by Gregory Maguire, is a good example of another phenomenon regarding Fairy Tales.  Normally, Fairy Tales are read as short bedtime stories, ending in less than 10 pages, but since books have become popular and public libraries almost common in cities, the tales have been lengthened to become true novels.  Wicked focuses on the life of Elphaba, known to the world at large as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (which by itself is a wonderfully structured Fairy Tale), and in particular it is an examination of that society through the eyes of a cynic, providing the views of realism to such a story.  For example, in the begging of the book, when Elphaba is born, people react with revulsion and shock to her skin color, despite the relative oddity (to the reader in the real world) of having talking animals.  A good look at the effects of reality in Fairy Tales, and the lengthening of those stories.

Goldman, William.  The Princess Bride.  New York City: Bloomsbury, 1973.  Print.

The Princess Bride, originally written by William Goldman, is a prodigiously popular example of Fairy Tales influencing the modern world through alternate mediums, particularly film.  Fairy Tales were originally spread by word of mouth, then through script, finally through media in the modern day.  No one who has read this book can state it is not a Fairy Tale, and a wonderfully written one at that.  A wonderful example of modern media portrayal of Fairy Tales.

Authors: Global Population.  Fanfiction.com.  Facebook.  Web.  27 September 2013.

This is a website, though not scholastic, which demonstrates perfectly the idea of fairy tales of all sorts influencing the modern world.  Fanfiction is when fans of whatever subject (movies, books, etc) write on that subject with their own twists-some good, some bad, some just because.  In particular, these influences are in versatility, specifically the individual stories.  Themes and other aspects of note are part and parcel, and while the meanings can be changed by different authors, they tend to be at least similar.  Examples include Mythology at 3K entries, Greek Mythology at 2.8K entries, Kingdom Hearts (which has its own story roots in many fairy tales) at 70.2K entries, and Fairy Tales as a search entry at 7,628 entries.  Not recommended as a true scholastic source, but as an effective springboard for the mind.

Arthuriana: The Journal of Arthurian Studies

[by William Leonard]

There have been may works dedicated to an era of European history known as the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages.  It was in this time period that there arose a legend of a knight who pulled an enchanted sword from a stone, and quested across the land of Britain to restore law, order, and peace, and sought the Holy Grail, the cup which was used at the Last Supper and caught the blood of Christ at the Crucifixion.  This legend has grown over time to include the journeys of many knights who joined the first, who was hailed as king by Divine Providence.  The common world would know these as the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

While the tales are fantastical, they ring with truth-but how much truth?  This is the line of thought for the scholarly journal, Arthuriana.  It strives to peel back the shrouds of mystery and unveil the actual facts behind the myths of King Arthur and his knights.  What are all the geographical locations of the settings and places mentioned in the tales?  What was Arthur’s genuine nationality of birth-English which would have been the Picts and Woads of the northern regions, or Roman at the time of the collapse of the Empire, the construction of Hadrian’s Wall, and the subsequent withdrawal of that Empire, or was he some other nationality?  Was Arthur even real, or was he a fictional character created by the needs of the people over the years-or was he truly a collection of works, prescribed to a single man whether fictional or genuine?

Without going into too much detail, one example of this would be the character of Merlin, the wizard with an owl named Archimedes (an obvious reference to the Greek who ran through the streets stark naked shouting Eureka to many a startled passerby when he discovered irrefutable scientific proof of the concept of pressure in the bathtub), and the effect of Merlin as an advisor.

In particular, refer to the article titled “Ruled by merlin: Mirrors for Princes, Counseling Patterns, and Malory’s ‘Tale of King Arthur.’”  This article, written by Louis J. Boyle, focuses on Malory’s emphasis on Merlin as an infallible advisor, and that his actions show the contradictory nature of counseling patterns for monarchs and nobles advocated the advice texts of the speculum pricipis tradition.  In layman terms, words, it shows that the way Merlin gives advice, while infallible for the sake of story, is in fact a paradox when compared to how a king should have gotten advice—from a council of advisors, which is how the Romans did things and subsequently wrote them down in some dusty tome in Latin consulted by rulers.

In specific detail, on page 53 of the article, it states that fifteenth-century readers were sometimes reading Malory’s text almost literally alongside advice texts (such as the speculum principis); it later states that by logical progression that contemporary audiences of Malory may have been assessing Arthur’s actions regarding counseling patterns in light of what the advice books actually said about how a king should handle counseling situations.  Thus, these audiences and those who subsequently read these works, can deduce the contradictions between the infallible Merlin, and the actual practicality of the laws of council as the Romans conceived.

In conclusion, there are many articles, and they all have focus in such field—specific, detailed manners of scholastic examination of the Arthur Legend.  It is advised to read these if in fact one should wish to understand the legend better.

Journal for the Association for the Study of Australian Literature

[by William Leonard]

Australian literature has a fairly focused set of topics that make it to the canon including democracy, aboriginality, the complexities of life and the act of living in the wild bush.  Famous works include Marcus Clarke’s “For the Term of His Natural Life” which details the imprisonment and transport of a convicted thief while describing the treatment of prisoners for which Australia was known.  Miles Franklin’s best known work would be My Brilliant Career, but it was she who would develop Australian literature styles and support so many authors that she would become the namesake for the Miles Franklin Award which is given to the author of a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases.  Perhaps the most famous by American standards would be Thomas Keneally who wrote Schindler’s Ark, which would be adapted to Schindler’s List by Steven Spielberg.

Seeing all this can be daunting, and these are only a few noted authors.  Other authors find publication routinely, and finding out about them can be difficult.  The Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (hereafter abbreviated to JASAL) is an excellent source for such writings in Australian literature.

First, JASAL is a peer-reviewed journal, published online by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature.  Being an online Journal, one can gain an immediate access to it.  The committee that oversees and edits these works is an extensive one, which would only be possible via an extensive use of the Internet.

As a direct consequence to the large number of highly specialized and networking of these editors, the journal has attained a very high status, evidenced by the number of awards that it grants each year.  These include the A.D. Hope Prize awarded annually for the best paper delivered by a postgraduate student to the ASAL annual conference; the Walter McRae Russell Award for the best book of literary scholarship on an Australian subject published in the preceding two calendar years; before 1994, it was awarded to a young or unestablished author for an outstanding work of literary scholarship; the Magarey Medal for Biography, a biennial prize for the best published biographical writing by a female author on an Australian subject in the preceding two years, and the A.A. Philips Award, an occasional award for a work or the work of an author which the ASAL executive considers an outstanding contribution to Australian literature or literary studies.

Articles appear as part of an annual numbered volume, though one or more extra Special Issues may be released in the event of many worthy applications being granted to the society, averaging twice a year and rarely more.  From 2008, articles in the annual numbered volume will appear on the JASAL website as they are finalized and readied for publication.  JASAL welcomes entries based on Australian literature in all varieties.  They encourage comparative studies with other forms of literature, and are particularly interested in contributions that challenge received critical reviews positively and contribute to public awareness.  JASAL also welcomes review articles of up to 4000 words and responses to previously published material of up to 2000 words.

The lengths vary.  In the 2013 issue alone, the first true article (“Joseph Furphy: The Philosopher in the Foundry” by John Barnes) is 17 pages long, the second (“‘Double line to the terminus’: Marriage, sex, romance and Joseph Furphy” by Susan Lever) is only 10 pages, and the last (“Rigby’s Romance: An Adaptation for Performance” by John Derum) is a screenplay at 63 pages.  The true commonality seems to be the actual subject matter for the individual edition, with the individual writer able to scribe however much or little he or she wishes.

Either way, it is written in MLA Format, though the screenplay may have been an exception to this due to the nature of it.  The only true connecting themes between them seems to be their subjects- all Journals focus on different subjects, changing from year to year for the primary publications, and the Special Issues also have differing subjects, leading to a variety of topics.  1997 focuses on the actual land, and the people who lived there- evidenced even at a glance by such titles as “Music, Poetry and the Natural Environment” by Bruce Clunies Ross, “Ordering Chaos: Nature and Identity Formation” by Richard Rossiter and “The Road to Babi Yar: Anti-Historicism in Recent Australian Fiction” by Trevor Byrne.  In 2002, there were very few entries by comparison to 1997 (39 to 6), but this would make it an easier read overall-with far fewer entries and Articles, one can make through it easily by comparison. Articles focus in this issue on the actual literary facets themselves in Australian culture, with titles such as “Australian Writing”, “Deep Ecology” and “Julia Leigh’s The Hunter” by Tony Hughes-d’Aeth, “‘There are French Novels and There are French Novels’”: Charles Reade and “‘Other’ Sources of Marcus Clarke’s His Natural Life” by Ian Henderson, and “Of Dragons and Devils: Chinese-Australian Life Stories” by Wenche Ommundsen.  The list grows on with each year.

Overall, this journal is a very useful source for two primary efforts: the discovery of Australian literature in a more modern form, and an examination of the form of these writings.  While the full bod of classical readings can be found, said individuals are almost always deceased, whereas this journal has many still alive, if not necessarily young.  Informed and cited entries provide an experience educational, though the act of enjoying literature does not necessitate a strictly academic purpose behind any examinations.

Scholarly Journal Profile

Shakespeare Quarterly Journal

Shakespeare Quarterly is a scholarly, quarterly journal that has been published by the Johns Hopkins University Press since the Shakespeare Association of America first founded it in 1950. It is accessible through the TTU Library in print and digital format through both the Humanities Full Text and JSTOR databases. The international editorial board had a switch between editors in 2009 when the chair was passed from Gail Kern Pastor (editor from 1997 to 2009) to David Schalkwyk (serving as editor 2009 to present), who is currently working alongside with the associate editor (Sarah Werner) and issue editor (Katherine Rowe). In association with the George Washington University Press and the Folger Shakespeare Library, SQ has been referenced in indexes (abstracts and HTML of back issues included) by nineteen online databases besides the two previously mentioned.

Submissions to SQ start as 100 word abstracts of the written piece then, if accepted after being reviewed by the double-blind system, the article or essay is to be sent via the Folger Editorial Manager site. With this, a revised 250-word abstract, along with any illustrations, are required. Additional instructions can be found on the Folger website.

Volumes of four issues each range between 350-600 pages with some issues showing variations in the amount of articles, essays, book reviews (done only by the editorial board), and performance criticism between 1950 to the present time. The journal has provided inclusions such as the World Shakespeare Bibliography (1996-2000), a Cumulative Index and Annotated Bibliography (1964 issues), and special issue topics ranging from Teaching Shakespeare, Shakespeare and New Media, and Teaching Judith Shakespeare. Some issues cover one specific aspect of Shakespeare such as Shakespeare in Performance and Surviving Hamlet. This year there has been a call for material on Not Shakespeare for the 2014 year.

Readers can expect materials related to Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Caroline works with topics ranging from plays, props, performance, and theatre history to ethnicity, music, and use of language. Other less-covered topics include homosexuality, feminism, prisons, and cinema. Altogether, according to the Folger Shakespeare Library, Shakespeare Quarterly is committed to, “publishing articles in the vanguard of Shakespeare studies, notes that bring to light new information on Shakespeare and his age…and book reviews to keep readers current with Shakespeare criticism and scholarship.”

By researching the life and material range of SQ’s journal topics, the reader can easily assess that this journal’s mission is central to understanding the Renaissance time period, including its articles covering current events and other performances from traditional Elizabethan-style to modern film adaptations. All articles include a works cited page and endnotes, and are rarely written in first-person, including the book reviews. All material is backed–up, peer-reviewed, and articles (essays) encompass anywhere from 26-40 pages in length.

As SQ matured over the years, so did the material, as it began to cover much more than teaching methods such as “Judith Shakespeare Reading” (1996), “Credible Consorts: What Happens When Shakespeare’s Sister Enters the Syllabus” (1996), and “Teaching Shakespeare in the Context of Renaissance Women’s Culture” (1996). There there’s Hamlet with “The Word in Hamlet” (1951), “Hamlet’s Tables and the Technologies of Writing in Renaissance England” (2004), and “Surviving Hamlet” (2011). Also, theatre history in “Shakespeare and New Media” (2011), “Shakespeare, the Reviewer, and the Theatre Historian” (1985), and “Shakespeare: An Annotated Bibliography for 1964” (1965).

Basically, Shakespeare Quarterly is a resource for teachers, professors, researchers, students, performers, directors, and the Shakespeare–obsessed. With an extensive shelf life going back to the ‘50s it has proven to contain both scholarly and reliable material in a variety of formats (articles, essays, and book reviews). With a circulation of 1,980 readers SQ provides an academic, Shakespearean lens to both American and international audiences.

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World Literature Today

Published by the University of Oklahoma, World Literature Today is a quarterly, multicultural magazine that has expanded in recent years to include content relating to several different types of media from all across the world.  This content is largely varied, from articles and essays critiquing various forms of literature to poetry from authors of varying degrees of renown, and features a broad variety of international works.  Headed by Robert Con Davis-Undiano and Daniel Simon, its Executive Director and Editor in Chief respectively, this magazine prides itself on being one of the longest-running magazines in the country.

Originally published under the name Books Abroad, the magazine underwent a change in name in 1977 to better reflect its purpose.  Since then, it has expanded from its original purview to cover several different topics and types of art-forms, from poetry to opera.  Since 2009, they have hosted a type of arts festival featuring a great deal of modern art and literature, funded by the Norman Arts Council.  In addition to this, the magazine also hosts a small scholarship for Oklahoma University students, funded by Ruby N. Courtney, as well as student opportunities for said students.

Because of its broad scope, WLT is a poor resource to use for projects in which one already has a topic to focus on.  There are over 100 issues to look through, and finding anything applicable to a specific topic would prove difficult.  However, it would be an excellent source for those looking for ideas for a topic.  There are a great deal of articles relating to literary works from around the world, and these would provide a good starting point to a great project.  These magazines are available electronically through Humanities Full Text, among other resources.  However, they are only available through the school up to 01/01/1990 in full text.