The Journal of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK)

The Conradian: The Journal of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK), published twice yearly, with issue in the spring and autumn, is a refereed journal of scholarship devoted to the life and writings of Joseph Conrad.

It is the recognized journal of record in the field of Conrad studies. Recent issues have included work on all aspects of Conrad.

The General Editor is Allan H. Simmons, the Contributing Editors Gene M. Moore and J. H. Stape, and the Advisory Editor Owen Knowles.

The journal is included in the cost of membership and sent to all members of The Society. It is available by subscription to libraries. For information on current rates for members/subscribers as well as methods of payment, please see the Membership page.

The Conradian is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography, The Year's Work in English Studies , Abstracts in English Studies, and Victorian Studies.

Back issues are available for certain years and may be purchased by contacting The Honorary Secretary.

Submissions

The Conradian welcomes submissions on all aspects of the life and writings of Joseph Conrad. Normally, essays vary between 5,000-8,000 words in length, although in exceptional cases where a topic warrants further development the word limit can be increased. Notes are also welcome. The journal reviews only the volumes of the Cambridge Edition of Joseph Conrad. Other volumes of interest are reviewed on this website.

Since the journal publishes only 12-15 full length essays per year and essays are typically solicited after the Annual Conference, a very high standard of scholarship is maintained and only original and significant work can be considered for publication.

Submissions should be sent to The Editor at TheConradian@aol.com as a Windows -based MS Word file. A template is available here and may be altered as desired to make a submission. A brief bio-bibliography is requested from the writer upon acceptance of a submission. (See the latest issue for models.)

The decision to publish an essay is undertaken by the editorial committee on the advice, if required, of specialists in the scholarly community. A decision normally takes about six to eight weeks.

Essays are thoroughly edited for style, for consistency with house practices, clarity of argument, and accuracy and then returned to the writer for checking and approval.

The time-lag between acceptance and publication can vary, depending upon the number of essays in hand and whether or not a special issue is scheduled. The issues for 2008 are fully booked and, at present, at least twelve to sixteen months will pass between acceptance and publication of a contribution.

From time to time, the editors solicit material for special issues. These issues are also published as monographs by Editions Rodopi of Amsterdam.

The Conradian uses a "Works cited" citation format (see the Style Sheet), and writers are requested to submit their work in it. Footnotes are reserved for the expansion of ideas and not for bibliographical information as such. Submissions not conforming to this rubric may be returned to the writer before being considered.

Relevant illustrations (usually black and white) may accompany an essay. Originals should only be submitted once an essay has been accepted, at which time specifications regarding acceptable quality and format (a minimum of 300dpi for digital images) will be sent.

Potential contributors should apply The Conradian Style Sheet to their work to expedite editing.

Forthcoming Issues: Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, and Autumn 2011

The issues for Autumn 2008 and Spring 2009, the latter a themed issued devoted to biography, are now closed. Essays are being accepted for publication in the Autumn 2009 issue.

A special issue commemorating the centenary of the publication of Under Western Eyes is planned as the Autumn 2011 issue. The deadline for submissions for this issue is 30 April 2011.

The Conradian (Autumn 2008)

• Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère: “Heart of Darkness” as Modernist Anti-Fairy Tale
• A. M. Purssell: “The End of the Tether”: Conrad, Geography, and the Place of Vision
• David Mulry: Untethered: The Narrative Modernity of “The End of the Tether”
• Coen van t'Veer: Inner Jungles: Albert Alberts’s “Groen,” Stefan Zweig’s Der Amokläufer, and “Heart of Darkness”
• Alexandre Fachard: Contextualizing “Because of the Dollars”
• Mario Curreli: Garibaldian Names in Nostromo
• J. H. Stape and Owen Knowles: Conrad: A New Letter of 1918
• Mary Burgoyne: Conrad's Last Letter: To Sir Sidney Colvin
• Martin Ray: Supplementary Notes to The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad, Volumes 1-7
• J. H. Stape: Conradiana in the 1901 Census and Other Sources of Record
• Jeremy Hawthorn: Review of The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad, Volumes 8 and 9

The Conradian (Spring 2009)

• Allan H. Simmons: Foreword
• The Kliszczewski Document, edited by J. H. Stape
• Allan H. Simmons and J. H. Stape: Conrad and the Duke of Sutherland
• Owen Knowles and J. H. Stape: Conrad, Galsworthy, and the Torrens
• Anne Arnold: New Light on Marguerite Poradowska
• J. H. Stape: Jessie Conrad in Context: A George Family History
• J. H. Stape: “The Pinker of Agents”: A Family History of James Brand Pinker
• J. H. Stape: "Intimate Friends”: Norman Douglas and Joseph Conrad
• Mary Burgoyne: Conrad and the Colvins
• J. H. Stape: Sketches from the Life: The Conrads in the Diaries of Hugh Walpole
• Appendix: "The Doldrums" by John Galsworthy
• Helen Baron: Review of The Cambridge Edition of 'Twixt Land and Sea
• Richard Niland: Review of The Cambridge Edition of A Personal Record