Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture, based at the University of Łódź, is an international and interdisciplinary journal, which seeks to engage in contemporary debates in the humanities by inviting contributions from literary and cultural studies intersecting with literary theory, gender studies, history, philosophy, and religion. The journal focuses on textual realities, but contributions related to art, music, film and media studies addressing the text are also invited. Submissions in English should relate to the key issues delineated in calls for articles which will be placed on the website in advance. The journal also features reviews of recently published books, and interviews with writers and scholars eminent in the areas addressed in Text Matters. Responses to the articles are more than welcome so as to make the journal a forum of lively academic debate which may also be extended to the internet forum. Though Text Matters derives its identity from a particular region, central Poland in its geographic position between western and eastern Europe, its intercontinental advisory board of associate editors and internationally renowned scholars makes it possible to connect diverse interpretative perspectives stemming from culturally specific locations. The style sheet and other useful information can be found on our website.
EDITORIAL POLICY
Successive themed issues of Text Matters are advertised on the journal website in CFP, and in European Messenger. The journal welcomes articles, reviews and interviews from all parts of the world. Contributions are peer reviewed by members of the editorial board and external reviewers (double-blind review). Final assessment is made by the publisher’s reviewer.
Editor-in-chief
Dorota Filipczak
Advisory Board and Associate Editors
Pamela Sue Anderson (University of Oxford, UK)
Ira Bhaskar (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India)
Radharani Chakravarty (University of Delhi, India)
Madelaine Hron (Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada)
Jerzy Jarniewicz (University of Łódź, Poland)
Alison Jasper (University of Stirling, UK)
Jan Jędrzejewski (University of Ulster, UK)
Stephen Muecke (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Noel Polk (Mississippi State University, US)
Agnieszka Salska (University of Łódź, Poland)
Aritha van Herk (University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Andrzej Wicher (University of Łódź, Poland)
Reviewer of this issue
Mirosława Buchholtz, Nicolaus Copernicus University
Managing Editor
Adam Sumera
Editorial Coordinator
Agata Handley
Copy Editors
Andrew Tomlinson and Richard Profozich
MLA and other adjustments
Marta Goszczyńska, Joanna Kazik, Grzegorz Kość (reviews editor)
Technical Editor
Karolina Goławska
Cover design, layout and typesetting
Agnieszka Jarzębowska
Proofreading
Tomasz Fisiak
Administration of the website
Krzysztof Majer and Jacek Rózga
This publication was prepared in the literary departments in the Institute of English Studies: Department of British Literature and Culture, Department of American Literature and Culture, Department of Studies in Drama and Pre-1800 English Literature, and Department of Editing in the Institute of Polish Studies at the University of Łódź. The journal will be printed by Lodz University Press with financial support from the Dean of the Philological Faculty.
Our address is: Al. Kościuszki 65, 90–514 Łódź,Poland