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Since 1979, the London Review of Books has stood up for the tradition of the literary and intellectual essay in English. Each issue contains up to 15 long reviews and essays by academics, writers and journalists. There are also shorter art and film reviews, as well as poems and a lively letters page. A typical issue moves through political commentary to science or ancient history by way of literary criticism and social anthropology. So, for example, an issue can open with a piece on the rhetoric of war, move on to reassessing the reputation of Pythagoras, follow that with articles on the situation in Iraq, the 19th-century super-rich, Nabokov’s unpublished novel, how saints got to be saints, the life and work of William Empson, and an assessment of the poetry of Alice Oswald.
Country of Publication & Year Established
 United Kingdom |
Established in 1979 |
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Publication Medium & Frequency
| PPrint Publication | Print Publication | Published 24 x per year. |
Nonfiction Open
Audience:
Open to a broad Audience, including: Britons.
Lengths:
| RReview Review | More than 1,000 words. |
| EEssay Essay | More than 1,000 words. |
Styles:
Open to all/most Styles, including: Academic, Critical, Literary.
Topics:
Open to all/most Topics, including: Anthropology, Film/Television (General, Theory/Analysis/Criticism), Literature/Books (General, Theory/Analysis/Criticism), Mathematics, Politics/Political Science, Science, Society/Culture, Visual Arts (General, Theory/Analysis/Criticism).
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Poetry Open
Audience:
Open to a broad Audience, including: Britons.
Lengths:
| PPoem Poem | No line limits known. |
Styles:
Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.
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| Days Reported | 96 min | 191.0 mean avg | 185.0 median | 297 max days (64.3 std dev) |
| Pending | 3 responses are pending (4 min | 165.0 mean avg | 207.0 median | 284 max days waiting | 144.6 std dev) from 3 different members !This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days |
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