French Forum

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Book Reviews

Publishers wishing to submit their books for review should mail them to the following address:

French Forum
Dept. of Romance Languages
547 Williams Hall
255 S. 36th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Andrea Goulet
agoulet@sas.upenn.edu

Articles, prepared according to the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, should be at least 4,500 words but not exceed 6,500 words (including notes and bibliography), and should be submitted electronically as attachments to:

Philippe Met (Editor-in-Chief)
frenchforum@sas.upenn.edu. 

Please number pages on headers or footers, and include a 200-250-word abstract. French Forum observes an “anonymous reading” policy; therefore authors’ names should not appear on the manuscripts.

Editor-in-Chief

Philippe Met

Review Editor

Scott Francis
franciss@sas.upenn.edu

Editorial Committee

Kevin Brownlee (Emeritus)

†Joan DeJean

Lance Donaldson-Evans (Emeritus)

Scott Francis

Andrea Goulet

Corine Labridy

Philippe Met

Gerald Prince

Michèle Richman (Emerita)

External Editorial Committee

† Deceased

Editorial Assistant

Jacqueline Dougherty

Submission Information

French Forum is a journal of French and Francophone literature and film. It publishes articles in English and French on all periods and genres in both disciplines, and welcomes a multiplicity of approaches. Articles, prepared according to the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, should be at least 4,500 words but not exceed 6,500 words (including notes and bibliography), and should be submitted electronically as attachments to frenchforum@sas.upenn.edu. Please number pages on headers or footers, and include a 200-250-word abstract. French Forum observes a “blind reading” policy; therefore authors’ names should not appear on the manuscripts.

Books submitted for review should be addressed to:

Scott Francis (Review Editor)
French Forum
Department of Romance Languages
University of Pennsylvania
521 Williams Hall
255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
franciss@sas.upenn.edu

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Open Access and French Forum

French Forum is participating in Project MUSE’s Subscribe to Open Program for 2025. This program was successful for 2025, meaning that content published in 2025 will be openly available without article processing charges. Thank you to the libraries and institution that supported the Subscribe to Open offer!

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