American Literature (journal)

Academic journal

American LiteratureDiscipline| American literature, literary history, literary criticism and bibliography

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Language| English
Edited by| Priscilla Wald, Matthew A. Taylor
Publication details
History| 1929–present
Publisher|

Duke University Press and the Modern Literature Association (United States)

Frequency| Quarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt)
NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| Am. Lit.
Indexing
CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt)
MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN| 0002-9831 (print)
1527-2117 (web)

LCCN| 30020216
JSTOR| 00029831
OCLC no.| 1480320
Links

* Journal homepage
* Current issue
* Project Muse (archives)

American Literature is a literary journal published by Duke University Press. It is sponsored by the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association. The current editors are Priscilla Wald and Matthew A. Taylor. The first volume of this journal was published in March 1929.[1][2] Founders include Fred Lewis Pattee, among others.[3]

Coverage includes the contributions and works of American authors. Temporal coverage is from the colonial period until present day. Publishing formats also include book review, and relevant announcements (conferences, grants, and publishing opportunities). A citations index is also part of this journal. The index is for future issues and reprints, collections, anthologies, and professional books.[2]

## Abstracting and indexing

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This journal is Indexed/abstracted in the following databases:[4][5][6]

Thomson Reuters:

Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Current Contents / Arts & Humanities
Academic Abstracts Fulltext Elite & Ultra
Academic Research Library,
Academic Search Elite & Premier
America: History and Life
Book Review Digest
Discovery
Expanded Academic ASAP

Student Resource Center College
General Reference Center Gold & International
Historical Abstracts
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective, 1907–1984,

Humanities Abstracts,
Humanities Full Text,
Humanities Index,
Humanities Index Retrospective, 1907–1984,
Humanities International Complete,
Humanities International Index,
Social Sciences Index Retrospective, 1907–1984
International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ),
Literary Reference Center,
Literature Online
Magazines for Libraries
MasterFILE Elite & Premier & Select
MLA Bibliography,
OmniFile Full Text - Mega Edition
Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)
Research Library

## References

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1. ^ "American Literature Section General Information" (Online). Modern Language Association of America (MLA). Retrieved February 16, 2011. "The American Literature Section of the MLA is a community of scholars, teachers, and students of American literature and culture. The Section sponsors the journal American Literature and the annual volume American Literary Scholarship, both of which are published by Duke University Press"
2. ^ a b "Details". Duke University Press. Archived from the original (Online) on March 4, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
3. ^ Gilmore, Paul (September 2012). "John Neal, American Romance, and International Romanticism". American Literature. 84 (3): 482.
4. ^ "Master Journal List" (Online). Thomson Reuters. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
* Quarterly - Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Current Contents / Arts & Humanities
5. ^ "catalog record" (Online). Wellesley Library and Technology. Retrieved February 17, 2011. Wellesley College. Branch Location - Clapp Library.
* Full title of this journal listed as "American literature; a journal of literary history, criticism and bibliography"
* Alternate authors (Noted editors): Jay Broadus Hubbell (Jay B. or J.B.), 1885-1979. Clarence Gohdes 1901-1997
6. ^ "catalogue record" (Online). National Library of Australia. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
* Full title listed as "American literature : a journal of literary history, criticism and bibliography".
* Noted editors (also listed in this catalogue): March 1929 - May 1954, J. B. Hubbell and others; November 1954 - C. Gohdes and others.

## External links

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* Official website
* Modern Language Association
* The most frequenctly cited articles of American Literature.