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Recent Americanist scholarship has generated some of the most forceful responses to questions about literary history and theory. Yet too many of the most provocative essays have been scattered among a wide variety of narrowly focused publications. Covering the study of U.S. literature from its origins through the present, American Literary History provides a much-needed forum for the various, often competing voices of contemporary literary inquiry.

Along with an annual special issue, the journal features essay-reviews, commentaries, and critical exchanges. It welcomes articles on historical and theoretical problems as well as writers and works. Inter-disciplinary studies from related fields are also invited.

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2010s
  1. 2018 (Vol. 30)
    1. No. 4 Winter 2018 pp. 653-847, e1-e30
    2. No. 3 AUTUMN 2018 pp. 403-651
    3. No. 2 Summer 2018 pp. 201-402
    4. No. 1 Spring 2018 pp. 1-199
  2. 2017 (Vol. 29)
    1. No. 4 Winter 2017 pp. 631-808
    2. No. 3 Fall 2017 pp. 449-630
    3. No. 2 Summer 2017 pp. 219-448
    4. No. 1 Spring 2017 pp. 1-218
  3. 2016 (Vol. 28)
    1. No. 4 Winter 2016 pp. 663-858
    2. No. 3 Fall 2016 pp. 455-662
    3. No. 2 Summer 2016 pp. 223-453
    4. No. 1 Spring 2016 pp. 1-222
  4. 2015 (Vol. 27)
    1. No. 4 Winter 2015 pp. 635-842
    2. No. 3 Fall 2015 pp. 417-633
    3. No. 2 Summer 2015 pp. 199-416
    4. No. 1 Spring 2015 pp. 1-197
  5. 2014 (Vol. 26)
    1. No. 4 Winter 2014 pp. 647-848
    2. No. 3 Fall 2014 pp. 431-645
    3. No. 2 Summer 2014 pp. 207-430
    4. No. 1 Spring 2014 pp. 1-204
  6. 2013 (Vol. 25)
    1. No. 4 Special Issue: History, Historicism, and Historiography Winter 2013 pp. 695-974
    2. No. 3 Fall 2013 pp. 509-693
    3. No. 2 Summer 2013 pp. 271-507
    4. No. 1 Special Issue: The Second Book Project Spring 2013 pp. 1-270
  7. 2012 (Vol. 24)
    1. No. 4 Winter 2012 pp. 631-890
    2. No. 3 An ALH Forum: Writing the Presidency Fall 2012 pp. 419-630
    3. No. 2 Summer 2012 pp. 205-418
    4. No. 1 Sustainability in America Spring 2012 pp. 1-204
  8. 2011 (Vol. 23)
    1. No. 4 Winter 2011 pp. 697-923
    2. No. 3 The Twenty-First-Century American Novel Fall 2011 pp. 463-696
    3. No. 2 Summer 2011 pp. 229-461
    4. No. 1 Spring 2011 pp. 1-227
  9. 2010 (Vol. 22)
    1. No. 4 Medieval America Winter 2010 pp. 715-960
    2. No. 3 Fall 2010 pp. 501-713
    3. No. 2 Projecting Early American Literary Studies Summer 2010 pp. 245-500
    4. No. 1 Spring, 2010 pp. 1-242
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