Clio Guide for Book Reviewers

As much as appropriate, please keep Clio 's interdisciplinary audience in mind as you write. This might well involve giving more basic information about the book (including a brief summary) than would be the case in a review for a journal in a particular discipline. You might find it necessary to explain terms and concepts or even the critical context where necessary.

Do not use footnotes or endnotes in reviews. Citation of the book(s) under review should be made by placing page number(s) in parenthesis at the end of the sentence. For outside sources, place complete citation, including all publication information, in parenthesis.

Begin the review with the title, author (or editor), place of publication, publisher, date, and number of pages (preliminary in Roman and main in ‘Arabic' numerals). For example:

The English Historical Novel: Walter Scott to Virginia Woolf. By Avrom Fleishman. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins Press, 1971. xix + 262 pages.

End the review by giving your name and the name of your institution and its location on the bottom left side in this manner:

Harriet Gilliam
Northwestern University
Evanston , Illinois

Reviews should be 6-8 pages (1,500 - 2,000 words) for a single book, 10-12 pages (2,500 - 3,000 words) for two books. Please use Courier 12 (non-proportional) font. Please consult with an editor for the length of review essays. (Review essays follow the format for articles, not reviews.)

Electronic essay submissions are preferred . Please send a copy of your review to the editor who commissioned the review: Mihoko Suzuki < MihokoSuzuki@aol.com > or Frank Palmeri < fpalmeri@miami.edu >. Please send the journal's copy to < clio@ipfw.edu >. Acceptable file formats include: Word (.doc or docx), WordPerfect (.wpd), or Rich Text Format (.rtf). We also need complete contact information, including preferred email address and street address.

Notes on contributors: Please provide, on a separate page, a biographical note of approximately 50 words containing your affiliation, specialization, and most significant publications.