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In print early 2027
The Astyanax · Founded 2026The founding issue · eight to twelve pieces
The Quarterly

Winter 2026

Essays, criticism, fiction, and poetry, in print.
Contents so far
Cultivating Desire: Human Nature and the Natural World in Medieval LiteratureHolly Mia Garside
‘High-Minded’ in a Hegemony: Sustaining Matriarchy in ‘Sons and Lovers’ and ‘A Raisin in the Sun’Elliot Crenol
Was John Ruskin fair to reject early Christian Socialism given his own beliefs?Edward Clark
Birds in Roman Mythology: The Case of Romulus and Remus' Vultures, the Capitoline Geese, and Pulcher's Sacred ChickensArchie Duke
Swan Song of Delphi: Speaking Water, Silenced VoicesDenis Riley Morine
The Oriental Woman in the Harem: Melling and EvinerIshanvi Gunnowree
Vocabulary as a Vehicle for Meaning in Saint Erkenwald and In a Thestri Stude Y StodAlex Boyd
Written to Belong: Genre and the Greek Colonial ImaginationYoana Nikolova
Fortifying Idealism: R. G. Collingwood & Michael Oakeshott on Historical UnderstandingGabriel Ward
The SwellAneirin Sprake-Harris
Moral Economy and Selective Intervention: Responses to Unemployment and Industrial Strategy in Derbyshire in the Thatcher Era Joseph Fleming

The issue will hold between eight and twelve pieces. Submissions are open until 31 October, and the remaining places are decided by 12 December.

SubmissionsWe publish emerging scholars.Open for this issue until 31 October.
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