Comparative Literature

43.0k citations
2.6k papers · · active since 1950

Impact in

    • Literature: history, themes, analysis
    • Narrative Theory and Analysis
    • Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
    • Poetry Analysis and Criticism
    • Contemporary Literature and Criticism
  • Classics top 0.5%
    • Medieval Literature and History

Papers in

    • German Literature and Culture Studies 95
    • French Literature and Criticism 88
    • Early Modern Spanish Literature 79
    • Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism 77
    • Medieval Literature and History 115
    • Renaissance Literature and Culture 109

Comparative Literature

1.2k papers receiving 10.4k citations

Peers

Comparative Literature
Comparison fields: 5 of 196
  • Literature and Literary Theory 16.0k
  • Classics 3.8k
  • History 6.2k
  • Philosophy 5.8k
  • Anthropology 4.8k
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About Comparative Literature

The 2.6k papers published in Comparative Literature in the last decades have received a total of 43.0k indexed citations . Papers published in Comparative Literature usually cover Literature and Literary Theory (928 papers), Classics (284 papers), General Arts and Humanities (30 papers), Anthropology (231 papers) and History (250 papers) specifically the topics of Medieval Literature and History (115 papers), Renaissance Literature and Culture (109 papers), German Literature and Culture Studies (95 papers), Historical and Literary Studies (95 papers), French Literature and Criticism (88 papers), Early Modern Spanish Literature (79 papers), Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (77 papers) and Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (70 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Comparative Literature are Edward Wasiolek, Caryl Emerson, Michael Holquist, Gerald Prince, Edward W. Said, Paul de Man, Harold Bloom, Thomas M. Greene, David Carroll and Jane Marie Todd.

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