Journal of English and Germanic Philology
Encyclopedia
The Journal of English and Germanic Philology is an academic journal
of medieval studies
founded in 1897 and now published by University of Illinois Press
. Its focus is on the cultures of English, Germanic
, and Celtic-speaking
parts of medieval northern Europe. Previous editors include Albert S. Cook and George T. Flom
(d. 1960).
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
of medieval studies
Medieval studies
-Development:The term 'medieval studies' began to be adopted by academics in the opening decades of the twentieth century, initially in the titles of books like G. G. Coulton's Ten Medieval Studies , to emphasize a greater interdisciplinary approach to a historical subject...
founded in 1897 and now published by University of Illinois Press
University of Illinois Press
The University of Illinois Press , is a major American university press and part of the University of Illinois system. Founded in 1918, the press publishes some 120 new books each year, plus 33 scholarly journals, and several electronic projects...
. Its focus is on the cultures of English, Germanic
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
, and Celtic-speaking
Celtic languages
The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family...
parts of medieval northern Europe. Previous editors include Albert S. Cook and George T. Flom
George T. Flom
George T. Flom was an American professor of linguistics and author of numerous reference books.-Background:...
(d. 1960).
External links
- Volumes 1-21 in PDF-format, The Internet Archive.
- Journal of English and Germanic Philology at Project MuseProject MUSEProject MUSE is an online database of current and back issues of peer-reviewed humanities and social sciences journals. It was founded in 1993 by Todd Kelley and Susan Lewis and is a project of the Johns Hopkins University Press and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. It had support from the Mellon...