Notes for Contributors - Publications of the English Goethe Society

It is a condition of publication that papers become the copyright of the English Goethe Society. All editorial correspondence should be sent to Mrs Ann Weaver, The Editor, Publications of the English Goethe Society, Beechwood House, Spring Coppice, Lane End, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3NU. Email: weaver.associates@virgin.net

Presentation and Style 
Two complete copies should be submitted printed double-spaced with ample margins and not normally exceeding 6-8000 words. All pages should be numbered: the first page should state only the title of the paper, name(s) of the author(s) and, for each author, a short institutional affiliation, and an abbreviated title (for running headlines within the article). At the bottom of the page give the full name and address to which all correspondence, including proofs, should be sent. 

Contributions should follow the MHRA Style Guide (2002) and the house-style of the journal. Words should not be hyphenated at the end of a line. Use single inverted commas for short quotations (double for quotations within quotations), but quotations over 50 words should be indented and single-spaced without inverted commas. Translations are not generally needed for quotations from German. Where a passage presents particular difficulty, translation may be offered either in parentheses in the text, or in an endnotes. Quotations in languages other than German will require translation. Non-English words in the text, apart from names, should be italicized. 

Notes and References 
Contributors should adhere to MHRA and the journal's house-style in the presentation of numbered endnotes (not footnotes) and references. Any general note on the article (e.g. personal acknowledgements) should appear as a first un-numbered note. Within the text, references and notes should be indicated by a superscript Arabic numeral. Consistent abbreviations may be used in such references where appropriate. Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of references.

Goethe References
References to the standard editions of Goethes Werke, i.e. Jubiläumsausgabe, Hamburger Ausgabe, Gedenkausgabe and Weimarer Ausgabe, should be given thus: JA, XII, 12-88; HA, VI, 427; GA, VII, 125; WA, iv, IV, 18-21 (in brackets within the text). If a specific edition of the Hamburger Ausgabe (apart from the first edition) is being used, this fact should be noted.

Primary Sources
The year of the original publication should be given, preferably within the text. Reference to the accepted standard complete works should also be given where quotations appear, if possible within the text, or as a footnote. Even when complete works are referred to, enough information should be given for the reference to be found in any edition (i.e. dates of letters, parts and chapters of books).

Secondary Literature
References to works which have been reprinted should always list the first appearance for the sake of historical accuracy, particularly where other authors may or may not come to terms with them before the reprint. Page references can be given to reprints or collections of essays, where this is felt easier to obtain, as long as the first date of publication is included.

Footnotes should be incorporated into the text wherever possible to avoid superfluity of footnotes.

Submission on disk 
On notification by the Editors that a paper has been accepted, a final version of the article should be submitted on disk in Word. Submission on disk will improve typographical accuracy and accelerate publication. The filename and software must be indicated on the disk. In preparing the disk version, there is no need to format articles: please include italics or bold type where necessary, but not style or footnote codes. Footnotes should be typed at the end of the file as part of the text, or supplied in a separate document. In the main text, numbering of notes should be indicated by superscript numbers. References and captions should be placed at the end of the file, or in separate files. Please use hard returns only at the end of paragraphs; switch auto-hyphenation off; do not justify text; and do not use automatic numbering routines. Consistency in spacing, punctuation, and spelling will be of help. 

Proofs 
Proofs will be sent to the author nominated for correspondence, by airmail if outside the UK. Proofs are supplied for checking and making essential typographical corrections, not for general revision, alteration, or changes to illustrations, which will not be allowed. Proofs must be returned to the editor within 72 hours of receipt.