Founded In    1979
Published   semiannually
Language(s)   English
     

Fields of Interest

 

We accept original specialized articles on research in the following fields: * Literatures in English in both contemporary and historical perspectives; * Literary Theories and Criticism; * Cultural Studies including Cinema and Media Studies; * Linguistics including theoretical, empirical, historical and applied; * Cognitive and functional approaches; * Discourse and pragmatic studies; * Multimodal Discourse Analysis. We particularly welcome interdisciplinary approaches between fields, such as: * Linguistic tools applied to literary analysis; * The interplay between language and culture; * Language and the analysis of cultural phenomena such as diaspora in different contextual settings; * Literature, language and gender theories / gender theories and literary works. * These are but a few of the many possibilities that an interdisciplinary stance suggests.

     
ISSN   0210-6124
     
Editorial Board

Andrew Blake, University of Winchester; Martin Bygate, Lancaster University; Teresa Fanego, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela; Fernando Galván, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares;  Heinz Ickstadt, Freie Universität Berlin; J. Hillis Miller, University of California at Irvine; Susheila M. Nasta, Open University; Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza, Universidad de La Rioja. See website for a complete listing of the Board of referees.

Submission Guidelines and Editorial Policies

Submissions should be in the form of articles, book reviews or interviews, and they should meet the following criteria:
* Suitability for the aim and scope of the journal.
* Originality and interest in relation to subject matter, method, data or findings.
* Relevance to current research in the field.
* Revision of previously published work on the topic.
* Logical rigor in argumentation and in the analysis of data.
* Adequate use of concepts and research methodology.
* Discussion of theoretical implications and/or practical applications.
* Command of recent bibliography.
* Linguistic appropriateness, textual organization and satisfactory presentation.
* Readability and conciseness of expression.

Atlantis follows a strict selection policy. Each contribution is evaluated anonymously by at least three referees, and is not published unless there is significant agreement as to its suitability. Annually, Atlantis publishes 12-14 articles, 14-18 book reviews and 1-2 interviews.

Prospective authors should carefully read the Atlantis Formal Guidelines (see website) before submitting a contribution.

Authors must submit their contribution both by attachment and on hard copy.

     
Mailing Address
     

Dra. Angela Downing (adowning@filol.ucm.es; Carmen Méndez García (cmmendez@filol.ucm.es)

ATLANTIS

The Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal founded in 1979 and published twice a year in June and December. It publishes original research articles on linguistic, literary and cultural topics, past and present, of English-speaking communities, including pertinent cross-cultural comparative analyses. Book reviews are also accepted. The journal is open to academic advertising. In addition, Atlantis offers a forum for commentaries and interviews on matters of interest to its wide readership. In December 2004 Atlantis celebrated its Silver Jubilee. Since its foundation in 1979, Atlantis has been edited by Dr. Antonio Garnica Silva (1979-1983), Dr. Javier Coy Ferrer (1984-1988), Dr. Catalina Montes Mozo (1989-1991), Dr. José S. Gómez Soliño (1992-1996), Dr. Santiago González y Fdez. Corugedo (1996-1998), Dr. Rafael Portillo (1999-2002), Dr. José Antonio Álvarez Amorós (2003-2005 ), and Dr. Angela Downing (2006-).
General Editor: Angela Downing
Managing Editor: Carmen Méndez García
Book Reviews Editor: Clara Calvo
Assistant Editor: Ludmila Urbanová
Assistant to the Editor: Juan Rafael Zamorano Mansilla
Copy Editor: Jorge Arús Hita
Each issue is about 200 pages long, and has a paid circulation of ca. 1,400 copies.
The Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN) has reached a formal agreement with EBSCO Casias, Inc. (doing business as EBSCO Publishing), the Gale Group, and H. W. Wilson to grant them non-exclusive rights over the contents of Atlantis so that they can offer their customers an on-line version of the journal. Since their customers include, for instance, many of the leading research libraries in the U. S. and throughout the world, it is envisaged that the readership and influence of Atlantis, as well as its capacity to attract quality contributions, will grow accordingly in the future.
Atlantis is indexed in the following databases and directories:
* A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism, and Philology
* Academic Search Complete
* Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL)
* Bibliography of European Journals for English Studies (BEJES), published by the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE)
* CSA Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
* DICE, Difusión y Calidad Editorial de las Revistas Españolas de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas
* Expanded Academic Index
* Fuente Academica, Humanities
* Humanities Index
* Humanities International Complete (HIC)
* Infotrac Onefile
* International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and the Social Sciences (IBR)
* International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and the Social Sciences (IBZ)
* ISOC (CINDOC-CSIC)
* LATINDEX
* Linguistics Abstracts
* Literature Resource Center
* MLA Directory of Periodicals
* MLA International Bibliography, published by the Modern Language Association of America
* Periodical Index Online (PIO)
* Periodicals Contents Index (PCI)
* RESH, Revistas Españolas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas
* Sociological Abstracts
* The Year’s Work in English Studies
* Thomson-Reuters’ ARTS AND HUMANITIES CITATION INDEX and SOCIAL SCIENCES CITATION INDEX
* Ulrich’s Periodical Directory

 

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