Exemplaria

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History

The journal was developed in the late 1980s by Richard Allen Shoaf [1] of the University of Florida and Julian N. Wasserman of Loyola University, New Orleans, with the help of the publisher Mario Di Cesare of SUNY Binghamton, who founded Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies (MRTS). [2] As Shoaf has said, they "envisioned the journal as a venue in which pre-modern literature and newer theories, such as deconstruction, psychoanalysis, and feminism, could challenge each other in ongoing dialogue and arguments for the vitality and relevance of the pre-modern." [3]

The journal was published by MRTS twice a year from 1989 to 2006. In 2007, it became a quarterly published by Maney Publishing, with Shoaf as the principal editor. In 2009, it was handed over to a new team of five editors. In 2015, Maney Publishing was acquired by Taylor and Francis, which continues to publish Exemplaria.

Reception

In 2006 The Times Literary Supplement stated that Exemplaria "breaks into new territory, while never compromising on scholarly quality". [4] In 2011 Exemplaria received the Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial Achievement from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ). [5]

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References

  1. R. Allen Shoaf, Deptartment of English, University of Florida. Academic page.
  2. "Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies (MRTS)," Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. ACMRS page on MRTS.
  3. R. A. Shoaf, "What Does It Mean to Be Exemplary?: Reflections on Editing Exemplaria, Part I," New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy and Profession 3(1) (2002): 62-67. Journal website.
  4. Bildhauer, Bettina (10 March 2006). "Medieval Studies". The Times Literary Supplement . London.(subscription required)
  5. "Exemplaria receives the Phoenix Award for most improved journal," Medievalists.net "News" March 2012. Medievalists.net