Manuscript Preparation

Authors should read the aims and scope before submission. Manuscripts must be original, clearly written and not under review elsewhere.

Article types

• Research articles
• Review and theory articles
• Comparative and transnational studies
• Translation studies and reception studies
• Archival, textual and digital humanities studies
• Review essays and short communications

Literary scholarship and method

State the research question, critical framework, corpus and contribution clearly. Identify editions, translations, archives and historical contexts accurately. Substantiate interpretations through close reading and engagement with relevant scholarship; provide page, canto, act, line or stable digital references where appropriate.

Languages, quotations and translations

Quotations in languages other than English should normally include an English translation. Identify the translator for every translated passage. If the author supplies a translation, state this consistently. Preserve diacritics and explain transliteration conventions.

Copyright, archives and cultural responsibility

Authors must secure permission for copyrighted literary extracts, translations, images, manuscripts and archival materials beyond applicable exceptions. Research involving living participants, private correspondence, oral testimony, community knowledge or culturally restricted material requires appropriate consent, ethics review and respectful handling.

Research materials

Include a Data Availability Statement when the article uses datasets, digital corpora, code or newly assembled archival materials. Cite repositories, collections, shelf marks, editions, software and access restrictions precisely.

Review files

Provide a separate title page and anonymized manuscript for double-blind review. Disclose funding, competing interests, author contributions and material use of generative AI.

Submission status

Online submissions are temporarily closed while WLR completes its editorial setup.