There are currently two vacancies for contributors to write entries on Shakespeare scholarship – one on the histories and another on the tragedies – in The Year’s Work in English Studies.

YWES is organized by the English Association and published by Oxford University Press.

YWES is the qualitative narrative bibliographical review of scholarly work on English language and literatures written in English. It is the largest and most comprehensive work of its kind and the oldest evaluative work of literary criticism.

Contributors write a short narrative description of all the scholarly and critical work in their particular field which a) was published in the calendar year under discussion and b) you think was important. Entries typically run to about 6,000 words, although it’s not about word limits so much as the contributor’s own sense of what is required.

Contributors are able to order review copies of more or less any book which falls within their purview, and it is an excellent way to be on top of the literature in the field.

Expressions of interest together with short academic biographies should be sent to:

Dr Richard Wood (Sheffield Hallam University)
Associate Editor of The Year’s Work in English Studies
Email: Richard.Wood@shu.ac.uk