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| Discipline | Literature |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Claire Chambers, Susan Watkins |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1966-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Commonw. Lit. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0021-9894 |
| LCCN | 65009987 |
| OCLC no. | 47091524 |
| Links | |
The Journal of Commonwealth Literature (JCL) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of literature, especially Commonwealth and postcolonial literatures, including colonial discourse and translational studies. The journal's editors-in-chief are Claire Chambers (University of York) and Rachael Gilmour (Queen Mary University of London).
It was established in 1966 by Norman Jeffares and Arthur Ravenscroft at Heinemann.[1][2] In 1970, JCL began being published by Oxford University Press. Hanz Zell became the publisher of JCL in 1979.[3] Zell was acquired by K. G. Saur Verlag the following year.[4] After Saur was acquired by Reed International in 1987, its British division was merged with the British holdings of sister publisher R. R. Bowker to form Bowker-Saur. Cambridge Information Group acquired Bowker-Saur in 2001.[5] JCL has been published by SAGE Publications since 2003.
- ^ A. Norman Jeffares, 'Arthur Ravenscroft, 1924 – 1989', The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 24 (1989), vii–ix, doi:10.1177/002198948902400102.
- ^ Low, Gail (2015-09-01). "Professing the common wealth of literature, Leeds 1957–1969". The Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 50 (3): 267–281. doi:10.1177/0021989415589356. ISSN 0021-9894. S2CID 146529563. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ McLeod, John (2015-09-01). "The Journal of Commonwealth Literature in the 1970s". The Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 50 (3): 282–296. doi:10.1177/0021989415594653. ISSN 0021-9894. S2CID 146326915. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ "Hans Zell Publishing, A Short History". Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ "Cambridge Information Group Acquires R.R. Bowker". Library Technology Guides. 2001-08-31. Retrieved 2020-08-16.