THE FRENCH REVIEW

GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWERS

 

Professor Wynne Wong, Review Editor

Course Materials and Methodology

The Ohio State University, Dept. of French & Italian

200 Hagerty Hall

1775 College Road

Columbus, OH 43210

E-mail: wynnewong@aol.com

Phone: 614-688-8222/Fax: 614-292-7403

 

It is expected that, when possible, the reviewer will have used the material to be reviewed with students.

 

  1. Please consult the “Guide for Authors” printed near the end of every issue of The French Review.
  2. Membership in the AATF is required of all reviewers.
  3. Limit your review to 650 words (excluding the opening bibliographical data, ISBN, and price). If you are combining two or more distinct titles in one review, you may lengthen the review to 1,000 words. A review of one title with various ancillary materials is limited to 650 words. Err in the direction of less, not more. Overlong reviews will be returned for pruning. Please indicate the total number of words at the top of the first page, right side.
  4. Write in French only if your command of French is better than that of English.
  5. In the upper left hand corner of the first page of your manuscript, type your name and the address to which proofs are to be sent, preceded by the caption “Proof to.”
  6. Type your last name next to each page number (if more than one page). Example: (2- Tremblay)
  7. Consult the latest issue of The French Review for the content and correct style of bibliographical heading and block quotations. Reviews that do not use the correct style will be returned.
  8. Please note that the style of this journal requires a comma [,] before “and” in a series.
  9. Use double spacing throughout, including the bibliographical heading and block quotations.
  10. Leave ample margins for the editor’s marks.
  11. At the end of your review, type the name of your institution (indented 2 spaces) at the left, your name (no titles) at the right. Institutions that are elementary and secondary should be identified on the following line, underneath the name of the institution, with the name of the town and state spelled in full (Olney, Illinois).
  12. On a separate page, indicate the following information:
    1. The title of the material being reviewed.
    2. Your name and institution.
    3. The address of the publisher and the name of the person (if known) at that organization who should receive copies of your review after publication in The French Review.
  13. Send a copy of your review by e-mail as a word document attachment to [wynnewong@aol.com]. In the subject line of your e-mail message, please write: The French Review.  Send an original typescript (not a photocopy) of your review to the Review Editor, Prof. Wynne Wong, at the address above. Your manuscript will be forwarded to the Managing Editor if it is accepted.
  14. Further communication concerning your manuscript and proof are to be addressed to the Managing Editor, Prof.  Sharon Shelly, sshelly@wooster.edu. The Managing Editor will send a galley proof to you for review before the article is published. Be sure to keep a copy of your review until it is published. Inform him of any change in your mailing address.
  15. It is expected that you will not review elsewhere any work that you are reviewing for The French Review.

Nota bene: There is no fee for postage required of reviewers.

 

 

{2-Tremblay}

 

 

The first page heading should look like this (Please observe the sequence given.):

 

 

 

Proof to: YOUR NAME                E-mail ***

Department of French                Fax ***

Theleme University                Telephone ***

Theleme, IL 60000-0000                Total # of words _____

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Escargot, Monique.  Le Monde francophone.  Paris: Didier, 2001.  ISBN 0-1234-6578-9.  Pp. 192. 

 

$43.95 (Book + CD-ROM).  Book alone: $28.95.  CD-ROM alone: $15.00.

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            Text starts here   {5 lines, 5-space indent, double spaced throughout}

 

 

 

{At the end of the review: 2 spaces indented at left}

 

    Theleme University                            Michel Tremblay

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    Theleme High School

    Theleme, Illinois        {Omit city and state for post-secondary institutions}