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American Literary History

Publishes original research on US literature. The journal provides a forum for the various, often competing voices of contemporary literary inquiry, and welcomes articles on historical and theoretical problems as well as writers and works.
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Alphonso F. Saville IV, The Gospel of John Marrant: Conjuring Christianity in the Black Atlantic Free

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Elizabeth Bohls
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1104–1107, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf089
Published: 13 February 2026
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Jess A. Goldberg, Abolition Time: Grammars of Law, Poetics of Justice Free

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Alex Moskowitz
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1108–1111, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf090
Published: 13 February 2026
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The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai, edited by Dianne Ashton with Melissa R. Klapper Free

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Jane E Schultz
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1119–1122, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf093
Published: 13 February 2026
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Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson: Manuscript and Revised Versions with “Those Extraordinary Twins,” edited by Benjamin Griffin Free

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Matt Seybold
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1123–1126, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf094
Published: 13 February 2026
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Amanda M. Greenwell, The Child Gaze: Narrating Resistance in American Literature Free

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Julia Mickenberg
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1131–1134, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf096
Published: 13 February 2026
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Kellen Hoxworth, Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance Free

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Sarah Meer
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1139–1142, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf098
Published: 13 February 2026
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Sophie Maríñez, Spirals in the Caribbean: Representing Violence and Connection in Haiti and the Dominican Republic Free

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Martha Schoolman
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1143–1145, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf099
Published: 13 February 2026
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Courtney Thorsson, The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture Free

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Shaun Myers
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1150–1153, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf101
Published: 13 February 2026
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Complete Poetry of James Agee, edited by Michael A. Lofaro and Jesse Graves Free

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Joseph R Millichap
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1169–1171, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf106
Published: 13 February 2026
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Margaret Greaves, Lyric Poetry and Space Exploration: From Einstein to the Present Free

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Kevin McGuirk
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1176–1179, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf108
Published: 13 February 2026
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Lida Maxwell, Rachel Carson and the Power of Queer Love Free

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Michele Navakas
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1187–1190, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf111
Published: 13 February 2026
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Ashley Lawson, On Edge: Gender and Genre in the Work of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Leigh Brackett Free

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Bernice M Murphy
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1191–1193, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf112
Published: 13 February 2026
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Heidi Siegrist, All Y'all: Queering Southernness in US Fiction, 1980–2020 Free

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Leigh Anne Duck
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1194–1197, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf113
Published: 13 February 2026
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Jordan S. Carroll, Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right Free

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Brent Ryan Bellamy
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1212–1214, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf118
Published: 13 February 2026
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Man Woman Cherry Tree Yellow: Queer Elsewheres, Black Elsewhens, Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Queer Eighteenth-Century Studies Get access

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Lisa L Moore
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1063–1072, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf122
Published: 13 February 2026
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Careful People: Nick Carraway on Class and Authority—Then and Now Get access

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Sean McCann
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1008–1032, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf124
Published: 13 February 2026
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What Instagram and Community Colleges Tell Us about the Future of Digital Humanities Get access

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Matthew Wilkens
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1095–1103, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf126
Published: 13 February 2026
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High School English and the Making of American Readers Open Access

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Alexander Manshel
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1033–1062, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf128
Published: 13 February 2026
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Nicoletta Asciuto, Brilliant Modernism: Cultures of Light and Modernist Poetry Free

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Christina Walter
American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2025, Pages 1127–1130, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajaf095
Published: 13 February 2026