One Last Word, Please

Reviewing the Reviews: A Modest History of Policies and Practices

“…In a similar vein, King (1979) explained in his farewell column his purpose in retaining reviews of books related to literature: It is perhaps in its review sections that the Journal's continuing purpose to represent not part, but all languages and areas of interest becomes most visible; it is in that section, for example that the interests of teachers of foreign literatures are best reflected. Occasionally a colleague has argued for elimination of reviews of significant works of literature and literary criticism from the MLJ: in effect such colleagues are arguing for a narrowing of the Journal's steadfast policy: to serve .…”

“…In a similar vein, King (1979) explained in his farewell column his purpose in retaining reviews of books related to literature:…”

“…Under the editorships of Charles L. King (1971King ( -1979 and David P. Benseler (1979Benseler ( -1993, the number of issues per year was reduced: in 1972 (Volume 56), from eight to six issues; and then, 8 years later, in 1980 (Volume 64) from six to four. With these changes, the number of reviews per issue, naturally, increased.…”