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Topic: The Washington & Jefferson College Review
DisciplineHumanities
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
Former name(s)
Topic: A Journal of the Liberal Arts
History1961-present
Publisher
FrequencyAnnual
ISO 4Find out here
Indexing
ISSN0049-4127
OCLC no.1586535
Links

Topic: The Washington and Jefferson College Review, also known as Topic or Topic: A Journal of the Liberal Arts, is a peer-reviewed academic journal focused on the humanities and the liberal arts.[1]

It was established in 1961 as Topic: A Journal of the Liberal Arts.[1] In Fall 2004, the name was changed to Topic: The Washington & Jefferson College Review.

The journal is published annually by the Washington & Jefferson College faculty and is printed in monograph format.[1] Each issue contains several academic essays from a number of different disciplines on a specific topic. Past topics have included John Keats, the Whiskey Rebellion, pirates, Rebecca Harding Davis, religion in the eighteenth century, and Italian Americans in Western Pennsylvania.[2] The journal follows The Chicago Manual of Style.[3] The editorial policy has a special focus on interdisciplinary articles.[1]

The journal is indexed by the MLA International Bibliography, American Humanities Index, Abstracts of English Studies, and EBSCO's Humanities International Complete.[1] It is a member of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.[1]

Notable articles

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  • Jendrysik, Mark Stephen (2010). "The Snake in the Garden: Crime and Punishment in Utopian Thought". Topic: The Washington & Jefferson College Review. 56 (Utopias and Dystopias). ISSN 0049-4127. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
  • Levy, Alan. Thomas Mainwaring (ed.). "The Right Myths at the Right Time: Myth Making and Hero Worship in Post-Frontier American Society--George Edward Waddell versus Christy Mathewson". Topic: The Washington & Jefferson College Review. 53 (A Festschrift for Professor Walter S. Sanderlin). ISSN 0049-4127. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
  • Ferrell, Robert H. Thomas Mainwaring (ed.). "A Tale of Two Archives". Topic: The Washington & Jefferson College Review. 53 (A Festschrift for Professor Walter S. Sanderlin). ISSN 0049-4127. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Topic: The Washington and Jefferson College Review". Washington & Jefferson College. Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  2. ^ "Articles Published in TOPIC". Washington & Jefferson College. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  3. ^ "Style Sheet for Authors: Topic: The Washington and Jefferson College Review". Washington & Jefferson College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2010-07-19.