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The Journal of Latin Cosmopolitanism and European Literatures (JOLCEL)  is a platform for research on the history of European literature from the perspective of Latin literature as a transnational and cosmopolitan influence. We encourage contributions on Latin literature throughout the ages and on the literatures and literary cultures with which Latin became entwined. With our dialogical format, we hope to join people and ideas in a discussion about what makes European literary identity.

  • Issue 14 • 2026 • Autofiction and Allegorical Fiction

    Issue 14 • 2026 • Autofiction and Allegorical Fiction


Editors: Dinah Wouters (Guest Editor), Jeroen De Gussem (Guest Editor)

Editorial


Autofiction and Allegorical Fiction

  • Dinah Wouters
  • Jeroen De Gussem

Issue 14 • 2026 • Autofiction and Allegorical Fiction

Articles


From Exegesis to Allegorical Fiction in Twelfth-century Parables

  • Dinah Wouters

Issue 14 • 2026 • Autofiction and Allegorical Fiction

The myth of Boethius. A psychological perspective on his autobiographical fiction

  • Piet Gerbrandy

Issue 14 • 2026 • Autofiction and Allegorical Fiction

”By the Strains of This Comedy… I Swear to You”… Six Notes on Dante’s Strategies for Self-Authorization

  • Anders Cullhed

Issue 14 • 2026 • Autofiction and Allegorical Fiction

Response Piece


The Dangers of (Not) Reading: Authorship, Fictionality, and Allegory 

  • Julian Yolles

Issue 14 • 2026 • Autofiction and Allegorical Fiction