Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Published on behalf of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Edited by:
Dr Chris Mounsey

The Journal for Eighteenth Century Studies publishes articles relating to the eighteenth century, on specific questions of interest to eighteenth-century scholars, as well as on interdisciplinary questions. At the journal's launch in 1972, its first editorial alluded to the discipline boundaries then current, such as literature, science, history, art and music.

TopNews and Announcements

Special Issue on French Theatre!
In 2001, John Golder discovered a set of historically significant documents and drawings of the Hôtel de Bourgogne. To celebrate this propitious discovery and publication of these documents, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies has compiled this new special issue. It deals with the broad range of matters implied by the English term 'theatre' and the French 'vie théâtrale' from essays on theatre buildings and architectural theory to audiences and offstage performance. This is the first time that the journal, which made clear by dropping the word 'British' from its title that its concerns were not with exclusively eighteenth century British culture, has published a bilingual issue of this kind. We hope it will not be the last.
Chris Mounsey, Editor of Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
To read the special issue, please click here.

Online content now available back to Volume 1 (1972)
All back issues of this journal are available online.To view a sample issue, and to sign up to receive free electronic table of contents for the Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, please click here

Now Available: Manuscript Central
Authors are now able to submit their paper to the Journal for Eighteenth Century Studies online via the new Electronic Editorial Office, please visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jecs

Benefits will include:
• Quicker peer review
• Web-based manuscript tracking
• Online Reviewing
• Faster Response

TopHighlights

The Dream of Reason: Symbolism of the French Revolution
E.H. Gombrich

From Oblivion to Dulness: Pope and the Poetics of Appropriation
Roger D. Lund

The Changing Face of Change: Fe/Male In/Constancy
Carolyn Williams

The rise of aesthetics: Baumgarten's radical innovation and Kant's response
Hans Reiss

Reading through Desire: Interpretive Practices for Eighteenth-Century Popular
Culture
Sally O'Driscoll