SEL - Studies in English Literature

Aims & Scope

SEL focuses on four fields of British literature in rotating, quarterly issues: English Renaissance, Tudor and Stuart Drama, Restoration and Eighteenth Century, and Nineteenth Century.

The editors select learned, readable papers that contribute significantly to the understanding of British literature from 1500 to 1900.

SEL is well known for the commissioned omnibus review of recent studies in the field that is included in each issue.

In a single volume, readers might find an argument for attributing a previously unknown work to Shakespeare or de-attributing a famous work from Milton, a study of the connections between class and genre in the Restoration Theater, an interdisciplinary exploration of the art of the miniature and Fielding's novels, or a theoretical exposition of the "material sublime" in Romantic poetry written by women.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The Renegade in English Seventeenth-Century Imagination

  Citation: 24

  Authors: N. I.

• Royalism and Honor in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Anita

• Virtue Rarely Rewarded: Ideological Subversion and Narrative Form in Haywood's Later Fiction

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Deborah J.

• A Sermon by the "Queen of Whores"

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Marilyn

• Arguments to the Self in Defoe's Roxana

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Malinda

• Reading and Righting "Moll Flanders"

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Thomas Grant

• Shakespeare's Tempest and the Discourse of Colonialism

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Deborah

• George Eliot's Problem with Action

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Stefanie

• The Boyhood of Shakespeare's Heroines: Notes on Gender Ambiguity in the Sixteenth Century

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Steve

• The Eloquence of Blood in Eliza Haywood's "Lasselia"

  Citation: 20

  Authors: David