Cirrus@Austlit

'This is the first bibliography issue since the journal changed its name from the Journal of Commonwealth Literature to Literature, Critique, and Empire Today in June of this year. The reasons for this change were explored extensively in a special issue published at the same time and celebrated in a launch event featuring a number of the issue’s contributors. The journal editors, Rehana Ahmed and Shital Pravinchandra (since joined by Nadia Attia), talked about their own journeys as scholars and editors coming to the decision to change the name and the process of consultation with the international editorial board to come up with an alternative title that better represents the field as it is today and the journal’s ambitions going forward. There was nevertheless substantial reflection on the important role that “Commonwealth” as a literary category played in its time, as a way of galvanising and making visible the literary contributions of once-colonised countries.' (Introduction)