Essays in French Literature and Culture is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the University of Western Australia.

From its inception, the journal's main aim has been "to draw attention to broader aspects of French literary culture".

[5] In 1975, the journal's editorship passed on to Denis Boak who, in a commemorative issue celebrating the journal's fiftieth anniversary, argues that Essays in French Literature was a "free-standing intellectual endeavour" providing "an extra outlet for young scholars to publish".

In the context of the crisis in academic publishing,[7] and as one of only two French Studies academic journals in Australia, Essays in French Literature and Culture has shown a remarkable ability to survive thanks to the quality of the articles it stringently selects, the thorough double-blind evaluation by independent assessors, and its widening readership which is its only financial means of support.

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