The Philip Roth Society

Philip Roth Studies

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Philip Roth Studies, a peer-reviewed semiannual journal published by Purdue University Press, welcomes all writing pertaining entirely or in part to Philip Roth, his fiction, and his literary and cultural significance. The journal also publishes special issues, such as the  most recent memorial issue, 15.1, which appeared in  Spring 2019.

 

Philip Roth Studies is produced in cooperation with the Philip Roth Society and is a member of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.

 

 

Editorial Board

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Maggie McKinley and Matthew Shipe

Executive Co-Editors

 

Jessica G. Rabin

Associate Editor

 

Naomi Taub

Book Review Editor

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Derek Parker Royal

Founder and Former Executive Editor

 

Aimee Pozorski and Maren Scheurer

Former Executive Co-Editors

 

David Brauner and Debra Shostak

Former Executive Co-Editors

 

 

Advisory Board

 

Victoria Aarons

Trinity University

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Jacques Berlinerblau

Georgetown University

 

James Bloom

Muhlenberg College

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David Brauner

University of Reading

 

David Gooblar

University of Iowa

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Jay L. Halio

University of Delaware

 

Patrick Hayes

University of Oxford

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Brett Ashley Kaplan

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

 

Pia Masiero

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

 

Brian McDonald

Adelphi University

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Catherine Morley

University of Leicester

 

Ira B. Nadel

University of British Columbia

 

Gurumurthy Neelakantan

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

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Ranen Omer-Sherman

University of Louisville

 

Timothy Parrish

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Bernard F. Rodgers Jr.

Bard College at Simon's Rock, Emeritus

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Aimee Pozorski

Central Connecticut State University

 

James A. Schiff

University of Cincinnati

 

George Searles

Mohawk Valley Community College

 

Ruth Knafo Setton

Lehigh University

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Debra Shostak

Wooster College Ohio

 

Hana Wirth-Nesher

Tel Aviv University

 

 

SUBMISSIONS

 

The journal welcomes both full-length articles and shorter notes. Essays should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words in length, and notes should not exceed 2,500 words. A brief abstract (approximately 50 words) should accompany each submission. Manuscripts and book reviews must be prepared according to the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 8th edition. (2016), and should contain endnotes rather than footnotes. All submissions must be sent via email as an attached document.

 

Please see “Checklist for Contributors” for detailed information on the MLA and the journal’s house style.

 

Please address all submissions and queries to the executive editors, Maggie McKinley and Matthew Shipe, at philiprothstudies@gmail.com.

 

 

Articles appearing in this journal are indexed in the Humanities International Complete, Index to Jewish Periodicals, MLA International Bibliography, Project Muse, and Scopus.

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Ethical Standards and Misconduct Policy: PRS follows Purdue University Press's ethical standards and misconduct policy for journals, found here.

 

Print ISSN: 1547-3929

Electronic ISSN: 1940-5278

ISBN: 978-1-55753-735-5