| The Journal of Commonwealth Literature | |
| Cover: | The Journal of Commonwealth Literature.jpg |
| Editor: | Claire Chambers, Susan Watkins |
| Discipline: | Literature |
| Abbreviation: | J. Commonw. Lit. |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Frequency: | Quarterly |
| History: | 1966-present |
| Website: | http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal201677?siteId=sage-uk&prodTypes=any&q=Journal+of+Commonwealth+Literature&fs=1 |
| Link1: | http://jcl.sagepub.com/content/current |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | http://jcl.sagepub.com/content/by/year |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
| Issn: | 0021-9894 |
| Oclc: | 47091524 |
| Lccn: | 65009987 |
The Journal of Commonwealth Literature (JCL) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of literature, especially Commonwealth and postcolonial literatures, including colonial discourse and translational studies. The journal's editors-in-chief are Claire Chambers (University of York) and Rachael Gilmour (Queen Mary University of London).
It was established in 1966 by Norman Jeffares and Arthur Ravenscroft at Heinemann.[1] [2] In 1970, JCL began being published by Oxford University Press. Hanz Zell became the publisher of JCL in 1979.[3] Zell was acquired by K. G. Saur Verlag the following year.[4] After Saur was acquired by Reed International in 1987, its British division was merged with the British holdings of sister publisher R. R. Bowker to form Bowker-Saur. Cambridge Information Group acquired Bowker-Saur in 2001.[5] JCL has been published by SAGE Publications since 2003.
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