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Texas Studies in Literature and Language
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<p><i>Texas Studies in Literature and Language</i>, commonly known as TSLL, is a <a href="/facts/Peer-reviewed/ly6yEgcW">peer-reviewed</a> <a href="/facts/Academic_journal/SBI7Ue0q">academic journal</a> devoted to the <a href="/facts/Humanities/nErauGkd">humanities</a>. It publishes essays reflecting a variety of critical approaches and all periods of literary history, with selected issues centering on special topics. Founded in 1911 as <i>Studies in English</i>, it was subsequently issued as <i>The University of Texas Studies in English</i> (1949-1956) and <i>Texas Studies in English</i> (1957-1958) before assuming its current name. It remains "one of the oldest, if not the oldest, scholarly journals of its kind in North America." </p><p>The journal is published quarterly by the <a href="/facts/University_of_Texas_Press/7mIDlRsh">University of Texas Press</a> in <a href="/facts/Austin,_Texas/xpVP4t98">Austin, Texas</a>. It is indexed in <a href="/facts/Academic_Search/gj60GLjP">Academic Search Complete</a>, MLA International Bibliography, <a href="/facts/Russian_Academy_of_Sciences_Bibliographies/l1jHhfhT">Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies</a>, <a href="/facts/Book_Review_Index/vNjvTUB1">Book Review Index</a>, ArticleFirst, Periodicals Index Online, ProQuest Research Library, <a href="/facts/Arts_and_Humanities_Citation_Index/TzvTT2hG">Arts and Humanities Citation Index</a>, and <a href="/facts/Web_of_Science/4pTA4Atl">Web of Science</a>. </p><p>Notable scholars who have published in TSLL include Gordon Braden, Rita Copeland, <a href="/facts/Louis_Montrose/ofblHbgl">Louis Montrose</a>, and <a href="/facts/Gayatri_Chakravorty_Spivak/ItA7xyxP">Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak</a>. In addition, in 1962 the journal published an essay by a 24-year-old <a href="/facts/Joyce_Carol_Oates/kNIXJkG7">Joyce Carol Oates</a> (writing as "J.C. Oates") titled "Melville and the Manichean Illusion." </p><p>The journal has sponsored a number of special issues and noteworthy essays. A 2017 special issue on Modernism and Native America, edited by James H. Cox, included the previously unpublished Vine Theatre Manifesto by <a href="/facts/Cherokee/M43yAzsu">Cherokee</a> dramatist <a href="/facts/Lynn_Riggs/zkcWHU5Y">Lynn Riggs</a> as well as articles on <a href="/facts/N._Scott_Momaday/2PYARtPK">N. Scott Momaday</a>, Todd Downing, and <a href="/facts/Ernest_Hemingway/TIPeEYc6">Ernest Hemingway</a> and <a href="/facts/Katherine_Anne_Porter/v1KEogdF">Katherine Anne Porter</a>. In 2018, film scholar Donna Kornhaber curated a special issue devoted to the films of <a href="/facts/Austin,_Texas/xpVP4t98">Austin</a> director <a href="/facts/Wes_Anderson/AQkAdS44">Wes Anderson</a>. A 2019 special issue, co-edited by Janine Barchas and <a href="/facts/Devoney_Looser/FsuLPyTW">Devoney Looser</a>, focused on future directions in <a href="/facts/Jane_Austen/MUV6Dh33">Jane Austen</a> studies. Research by John Rumrich into <a href="/facts/John_Milton/VCDqX83S">John Milton</a>'s blindness was also published in 2019, with the findings and topic discussed by journalist <a href="/facts/Frank_Bruni/z1dmGVHM">Frank Bruni</a> in a column in <a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a>. In 2021, Domino Perez and Charles Ramirez Berg edited a special issue on the films of Austin director <a href="/facts/Robert_Rodriguez/XYDh1aJp">Robert Rodriguez</a>, whom they dubbed "the Wizard of Awe". </p>