Your manuscript will be appraised initially by the Editor for appropriateness and accuracy, and if the Editor judges the work to be potentially publishable, it will be sent out blind to two outside readers. Anonymous outside reviews will be shared with you. The Editor may request you to make changes to your manuscript in order to improve its quality or fit with the journal. The final decision of whether your work will appear in the pages of the journal rests with the Editor.
If your piece is selected for publication, the journal's editorial team will work with you to bring the manuscript into readiness for publication. At that point, to aid the editors in source checking, authors may be asked to provide photocopies or scans of pages cited as well as the title pages of sources not readily available in North American universities. Prompt attention to editorial team queries will ensure a speedier process for the publication of your work.
Generally, book reviews should be between two and four manuscript pages.
Terry G. Lacy. Ring of Seasons: Iceland—Its Culture and History. Ann Arbor: U Michigan P, 2000. Pp. xiv + 298.
Marvin G. Slind
Luther College
Wår lärda Skalde-Fru Sophia Elisabet Brenner och hennes tid. Eds. Valborg Lindgärd, Arne Jönsson, and Elisabet Göransson. Ängelholm: Skåneförlaget, 2011. Pp. 536.
Egil Törnqvist, Strindbergs dramatiska bildspråk. Amsterdam Contributions to Scandinavian Studies 7. Amsterdam: Scandinavisch Instituut, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2011. Pp. 251.
If the author quotes from the book being reviewed, the passage is followed by a parenthetic reference.
If the author quotes
from the book being reviewed, the passage is followed by a parenthetic
reference.
Examples
_____" (p. 34).
_____" (pp. 34–5).
If the author quotes
from an outside source, the abbreviated publication information not given in
the text appears in a parenthetical reference.
Examples
Echoing Frits Staal ("The Meaninglessness of
Ritual," Numen 26:2–22, 1979), then, Glucklich
claims that magic is therefore empty of meaning.
This book builds on the work of others (for example, Joan Radner, ed. Feminist
Messages, University of Illinois, 1993).
She made it clear that
she "cared deeply about folklore" (Jane Q. Smith, "Things I Care
About," The Website of Folklore Opinions,
http://f-opin.org/smith_things.html, accessed May 13, 2007).
2.1 Quotations
In-text quotations use
"quotation marks" (make sure they're not ''straight'')
In-text quotations are
followed by the citation in parenthesis and the translation, if needed, in
square brackets; translations if published follow same rules:
"This is the original language" (##) ["This is the published translation"(##)]
"Original language" (##) [Author's unpublished translation]
"Original language is English" (##)
Periods and commas
following quotations are placed inside the quotation marks if no citation or
translation follows; all other punctuation is placed outside:
"For example, say
this quotation ends here."
"But if things were exciting they would end here"!
If a translation or
citation follows the quotation (as is most often the case), all punctuation
occurs outside the final closing bracket or parenthesis:
... ending of published
translation" (##)].
Block quotations do not
use quotation marks. Set them off by using two hard returns at the first of the
quote and following the quote. Ending punctuation for block quotation occurs
before the citation. Unpublished author's translations following a block
quotation are enclosed in parenthesis, as is all ending punctuation:
This is a sample block
quotation in the original language. Pretend it's longer than it really and we'll all be happy. (##)
(This is the unpublished
author's translation following the block quotation in the original language.)
Published translations
following a block quotation are not enclosed in parenthesis and are treated
like the original block quotation.
This is a sample block
quotation in the original language. Pretend it's longer than it really is and we'll all be happy. (##)
This is a sample
published translation of the block quotation. Pretend it's longer than it
really is and we'll all be happy. (##)
> 2.2 Footnotes
Footnotes are used for
commentary that does not suitably fit into the main body of the article:
1. For discussions of
the use of photographs in autobiographical narrative see among others Rugg(1997) and Gunnth?runn Gudmundsd?ttir (2003).
Do not use ibid.
or op cit. Give the name (date) references each time.
2.3 Illustrations
Illustrations must be
submitted as a separate file. TIF is the preferred format. Grayscale files
should have a resolution of 300 dpi or better. Line art and music examples
should have a resolution of 1200 dpi or better.
"Callouts"
should be inserted to indicate where illustrations should appear, e.g.:
Callouts should be
placed at the end of the paragraph closest to the point where you would like
them to appear.
2.4 Tables
All tables will be
reformatted to the journal's house style and therefore must be submitted in
Microsoft Word form, so they can be edited. Tables should appear in consecutive
order at the end of their respective article or in a separate file.
Callouts should indicate
where tables are to appear within the text. They should be placed at the end of
the paragraph nearest to which you'd like the material to appear.
2.5 Citations
Almost all in text
citations fall under one of the following:
(Author Year, ##)
(Author Year)
Always supply a date
along with the author's name (unless the name is explicitly mentioned in the
immediate context of the quote). If an author has more than one work
published in the same year, you can designate those with: (Wolf 2011a) and
(Wolf 2022b), etc. The a, b, c would be listed in the Works Cited section.
Give a date, even if there is only one entry from that author in the
bibliography.
Íslenzk fornrit series provides a special challenge. Cite
sagas by title and year.
Gísla saga Súrssonar 1943,
119)
Gísla saga Súrssonar. 1943. In Vestfirðinga
sögur. Edited by Björn K. Þórólfsson
and Guðni Jónsson. Íslenzk Fornrit 6. 119–276.
Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag.
Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar.
2013. Edited by Sverrir Jakobsson, Þorleifur Hauksson, and Tor Ulset. 2 vols. Íslenzk Fornrit 31-2. Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag.
Heimskringla. 1941–51. Edited by Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson.
3 vols. Íslenzk Fornrit
26–8. Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka
fornritafélag.
Landnámabók. 1986. Edited by Jakob Benediktsson.Íslenzk Fornrit 5.
Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag.
Laxdæla saga.1934. Edited by Einar Ól. Sveinsson.Íslenzk Fornrit 5. Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag.
Eyrbyggja saga.1957. Edited by Einar Ól. Sveinsson. Íslenzk Fornrit 4. Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag.
Here is a helpful page from The Chicago Manual of Style:
BOOK
WITH SINGLE AUTHOR OR EDITOR
For a book with a single
author, invert the name in the reference list; in the text, include only the
last name. Punctuate and capitalize as shown. To cite a specific passage, a
page number or range is included in a text citation (separated from the year by
a comma) but not in a reference list, unless the entry is for a chapter, in
which case the page range on which the item appears is included (see
"Chapter in an Edited Book," below; see also >9.58–63
Pollan, Michael.
2006. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York:
Penguin.
(Pollan 2006, 99–100)
A book with an editor in
place of an author includes the abbreviation ed. (editor; for more
than one editor, use eds.). Note that the text citation does not
include ed.
Greenberg, Joel, ed.
2008. Of Prairie, Woods, and Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature
Writing. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
(Greenberg 2008, 42)
BOOK
WITH MULTIPLE AUTHORS
For a book with two
authors, only the first-listed name is inverted in the reference list.
Ward, Geoffrey C., and
Ken Burns. 2007. The War: An Intimate History, 1941–1945. New York: Knopf.
(Ward and Burns 2007, 52)
For a book with three
authors, adapt as follows:
Heatherton, Joyce, James
Fitzgilroy, and Jackson Hsu. 2008. Meteors and
Mudslides: A Trip through ...
(Heatherton, Fitzgilroy, and Hsu 2008, 188–89)
HOWEVER, if the authors have Icelandic names, use et al. (as with four authors
below).
Þorleifur Hauksson et al. 2013, 128–9
For a book with four or
more authors, include all the authors in the reference list entry (see
also
14.76).
Word order and punctuation are the same as for two or three authors. In the
text, however, cite only the last name of the first-listed author, followed
by et al. (see also
15.28).
(Barnes et al. 2008,
118–19)
BOOK
WITH AUTHOR PLUS EDITOR OR TRANSLATOR
In the reference list,
do not abbreviate Edited by or Translated
by. See also 14.88.
Garcia Márquez, Gabriel.
1988. Love in the Time of Cholera. Translated by Edith Grossman. London:
Cape.
(Garcia Márquez 1988, 242–55)
CHAPTER
IN AN EDITED BOOK
In citations of a
chapter or similar part of an edited book, include the chapter author; the
chapter title, in quotation marks; and the editor. Precede the title of the
book with In. Note the location of the page range for the chapter in the
reference list entry. See also 14.111–17.
Gould, Glenn. 1984.
"Streisand as Schwarzkopf." In The Glenn Gould Reader, edited by
Tim Page, 308–11. New York: Vintage.
(Gould 1984, 310)
JOURNAL
ARTICLE
Citations of journals
include the volume and issue number and date of publication. The volume number
follows the italicized journal title in roman and with no intervening
punctuation. A specific page reference is included in the text; the page range
for an article is included in the reference list, preceded by a colon. The
issue number often appears in parentheses (as in the first pair of examples
below). If a journal is paginated consecutively across a volume or if the month
or season is included in the reference list entry, however, the issue number
(or month or season) may be omitted (as in the second and third pairs of
examples).
Blair, Walter. 1977.
"Americanized Comic Braggarts." Critical Inquiry 4 (2):
331–49.
(Blair 1977, 331–32)
For citations of
journals consulted online, Chicago recommends the inclusion of a DOI or a URL;
the DOI is preferred to a URL (see 14.5, 14.6).
Note that DOI, so capitalized when mentioned in running text, is lowercased and followed by a colon (with no space after) in
source citations.
Novak, William J. 2008.
"The Myth of the 'Weak' American State." American Historical
Review 113:752–72. doi:10.1086/ahr.113.3.752.
(Novak 2008, 758)
When no DOI has been
provided along with the article at the site where it is consulted (even if one
has been assigned), include a URL. The URL in the following example—consulted
through the online journals archive JSTOR—was listed along with the article as
a more stable (and shorter) alternative to the URL that appeared in the
browser's address bar:
Karmaus,
Wilfried, and John F. Riebow. 2004. "Storage of
Serum in Plastic and Glass Containers May Alter the Serum Concentration of
Polychlorinated Biphenyls."Environmental Health
Perspectives 112 (May): 643–47. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3435987.
(Karmaus and Riebow 2004,
645)
If you have further
questions, see part three, section 15 of the 17th edition of The
Chicago Manual of Style.
References indicating a
note, figure, or other such material on the page have the author's last name,
page number, comma, then abbreviation:
n. # = note number
par. # = paragraph
number
fig. # = figure number
(Author ##, n. #)
If there are no page
numbers in the original material, omit in citation (for example, a webpage). At
times, a paragraph number may be substituted if it makes sense to do so.
3.1 Numbers
Page ranges should be
changed so that only the numbers actually changing are
shown. For example:
125–6 not 125–26
125–32 not 125–132
17–8 not 17–18
206–7 not 206–07
Date ranges should
include decade year, even if it does not change, or else use the entire date
1964–66 not 1964–6
1964–1966 also
acceptable
BCE/CE is preferred to BC/AD
Write out numbers under
100 (sixty instead of 60) unless they are an age, percentage, or date
Write out centuries
(twentieth century instead of 20th century)
Write out percent unless
in a figure, table, graph, etc.: 75 percent not 75%
3.2 Publication dates
Publication dates follow
title in parenthesis; if translation of title is included, place a semi colon
after the date, space, then translation of the title (italicized if it's
published, pub. date optional—up to the author)
Original Title in
English (1864)
Original Title in
Another Language (1864; Unpublished Title Translation)
Original Title in
Another Language (1864; Published Title Translation)
Original Title in
Another Language (1864; Published Title Translation [1870])
3.3 References to other individuals
The first time an
individual's name is mentioned in the text of an article, the full name should
be used. Afterward, only the last name should be used, unless it is unlikely
that the reader will remember the full name and this information is necessary.
Review
Manuscripts may be submitted at any time; the review process generally takes 4-6 months.
Questions about review may be addressed to editor@scandinavianstudy.org.
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