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The Review of English Studies is the leading scholarly journal of English literature and the English language from the earliest period to the present. Emphasis is on historical scholarship rather than interpretative criticism, though fresh readings of authors and texts are also offered in light of newly discovered sources or new interpretation of known material.

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Keats, ‘To Autumn’, and the New Men of Winchester
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Jane Austen's Dealings with John Murray and his Firm
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‘The Chatto List’: Publishing Literary Criticism in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain