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Prose Studies

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 15, 2025
Entity authorityQ15716784 ↗
Source-derived summary

Prose Studies: History, Theory, Criticism is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research on non-fictional prose from all periods. It covers subjects such as literature, literary history, biography and autobiography, and literary genres. It was established in 1977 as Prose Studies 1800-1900 and obtained its current name in 1980.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in America: History and Life, British Humanities Index, and the MLA International Bibliography.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Prose Studies” as journal. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977, 1800, 1900, 1980—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1977-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Prose, Studies and journal can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as journal. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 15, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q15716784. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977, 1800, 1900 and 1980.

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This entry incorporates text from “Prose Studies” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.