SUBSTANCE is a major interdisciplinary journal with a long-standing reputation for publishing innovative work on literature and culture. While its main focus has been on French literature and continental theory, the journal is known for its openness to original thinking in all the discourses that interact with literature, including philosophy, natural and social sciences, and the arts. Join the discerning readers of SUBSTANCE who enjoy crossing borders and challenging limits.

“. . . one of the most influential journals of theory and criticism in the United States.”
—Le Monde
“. . .a bold venture, high and serious in quality . . . highly recommended for all academic libraries offering work in language and literature . . . equally recommended to individuals interested in a contemporary and highly sophisticated approach to the study of literature.”
—Library Journal

SUBSTANCE is published by the University of Wisconsin Press and edited at the University of California at Santa Barbara with the support of the College of Letters and Science and the Department of French and Italian.

SUBSTANCE is a major interdisciplinary journal with a long-standing reputation for publishing innovative work on literature and culture. While its main focus has been on French literature and continental theory, the journal is known for its openness to original thinking in all the discourses that interact with literature, including philosophy, natural and social sciences, and the arts. Join the discerning readers of SUBSTANCE who enjoy crossing borders and challenging limits.

“. . . one of the most influential journals of theory and criticism in the United States.”
—Le Monde
“. . .a bold venture, high and serious in quality . . . highly recommended for all academic libraries offering work in language and literature . . . equally recommended to individuals interested in a contemporary and highly sophisticated approach to the study of literature.”
—Library Journal

SUBSTANCE is published by the University of Wisconsin Press and edited at the University of California at Santa Barbara with the support of the College of Letters and Science and the Department of French and Italian.

SUBSTANCE is a major interdisciplinary journal with a long-standing reputation for publishing innovative work on literature and culture. While its main focus has been on French literature and continental theory, the journal is known for its openness to original thinking in all the discourses that interact with literature, including philosophy, natural and social sciences, and the arts. Join the discerning readers of SUBSTANCE who enjoy crossing borders and challenging limits.

“. . . one of the most influential journals of theory and criticism in the United States.”
—Le Monde
“. . .a bold venture, high and serious in quality . . . highly recommended for all academic libraries offering work in language and literature . . . equally recommended to individuals interested in a contemporary and highly sophisticated approach to the study of literature.”
—Library Journal

SUBSTANCE is published by the University of Wisconsin Press and edited at the University of California at Santa Barbara with the support of the College of Letters and Science and the Department of French and Italian.