About the Journal

The JDJ publishes scholarship on the life and work of John Donne, his contemporaries, and those subsequent writers responsible for the continuation of Donne's literary afterlives. In addition to studies of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century poetry and prose, JDJ also publishes short notes, announcements, reviews, and descriptions of manuscripts, texts, and documents.

Copyright and Open Access

All articles are published under the copyright of the John Donne Journal under the provision of Creative Commons CC BY-NC license. This license enables reuse to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon these contents in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. The John Donne Journal is preparing to participate in a LOCKSS archival system for long term preservation.

Peer Review Policy

Article submissions are subject to double-blind peer review. This means that, normally, article submissions are read by two to three reviewers who do not know the identity of the author(s) and the authors(s) in turn do not know the identity of the reviewers.