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Covering the study of US 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 …
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The ALH Review
The ALH Review is a source for in-depth reviews assessing the significance of new books for specialists in American literary history. The Review engages new scholarly and critical studies by deliberating on important shifts and advances in various sub-fields, and exploring major developments in research.
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ALH Forum
The ALH Forum is a new, free to read, online feature of American Literary History.
Check out the latest entry, Abolition's Afterlives, a collection of essays that considers the ongoing legacy of nineteenth-century abolitionism.
What American literature can teach us about human rights
Explore the latest blog post from American Literary History featured on the OUPblog. Author of the article, The Ends of Human Rights in US Literary Studies, Brian Goodman discusses american literature and the future terrain of human rights.
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The journal features essay-reviews, commentaries, and critical exchanges. It welcomes articles on historical and theoretical problems as well as writers and works. Submit to ALH.
