American Literary History

7.2k citations
1.3k papers · · active since 1950

Impact in

    • Poetry Analysis and Criticism
    • American and British Literature Analysis
    • Literature: history, themes, analysis
    • Contemporary Literature and Criticism
    • Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
    • Latin American and Latino Studies
    • Asian American and Pacific Histories

Papers in

    • Poetry Analysis and Criticism 124
    • American and British Literature Analysis 112
    • Literature: history, themes, analysis 86
    • Latin American and Latino Studies 138
    • Asian American and Pacific Histories 61

American Literary History

697 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Peers

American Literary History
Comparison fields: 5 of 141
  • Literature and Literary Theory 3.2k
  • Cultural Studies 1.5k
  • History 1.0k
  • Music 300
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts 383
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About American Literary History

The 1.3k papers published in American Literary History in the last decades have received a total of 7.2k indexed citations . Papers published in American Literary History usually cover Literature and Literary Theory (474 papers), Cultural Studies (245 papers), History (180 papers), Marketing (130 papers) and Music (38 papers) specifically the topics of Race, History, and American Society (192 papers), Latin American and Latino Studies (138 papers), American History and Culture (128 papers), Poetry Analysis and Criticism (124 papers), American and British Literature Analysis (112 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (99 papers), Literature: history, themes, analysis (86 papers) and Asian American and Pacific Histories (61 papers). The most active scholars publishing in American Literary History are Lawrence Buell, Tobin Siebers, Carolyn Porter, Ramón Saldívar, Amy Kaplan, Jahan Ramazani, Michael Rothberg, Wai Chee Dimock, Lauren Berlant and Walter D. Mignolo.

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