The Explicator

The Explicator is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal of literary criticism. It began publication in October 1942 and is now both printed and available in an electronic version. Routledge acquired the journal from Heldref Publications in 2009, and now it is owned by Taylor & Francis. Issues often include between 25 and 30 articles on works of literature, "ranging from ancient Greek and Roman times to our own, from throughout the world." According to a library guide, "As the title of the journal suggests, the focus is on explication, or close readings, of the works. As such, the articles tend to use less jargon and are easier to understand than some other articles in literature studies."

Editor-in-Chief

Leonard Neidorf, Nanjing University, China

Managing Editor

Na Xu, Nanjing University, China

Associate Editors

William Baker, Northern Illinois University, USA

Florence Bourgne, Sorbonne Université, France

Jonathan Chua, Ateneo de Manila University, The Philippines

Emma Depledge, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland

M.A.R. Habib, Rutgers University, USA

Magda Hasabelnaby, Ain Shams University, Egypt

Jessica Hemming, Corpus Christi College, Canada

Carole Hough, Glasgow University, UK

Sandro Jung, Fudan University, China

Klaudia Lee, City University of Hong Kong, China

Francis Leneghan, University of Oxford, UK

Rafael J. Pascual, Universidad de Granada, Spain

Chitra Sankaran, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Matthew Sussman, University of Sydney, Australia

Ato Quayson, Stanford University, USA

Susan J. Wolfson, Princeton University, USA

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