...Michael L. Burduck 12  Early-19th-Century Literature Michael L. Burduck A number of publishers willing in the past to provide review copies of books for consideration in American Literary Scholarship did not reply to requests for this year’s volume. Fortunately most presses...

...Roark Mulligan 13  Late-19th-Century Literature Roark Mulligan A struggle to define realism has continued to occupy scholars. The dean of American literature, W. D. Howells, has remained a central figure in the discussion, which has shifted from a focus on realism as a product...

...Michael L. Burduck American Literary Scholarship (2018) doi 10.1215/00659142-8225396 © 2020 by Duke University Press 11 Early-19th-Century Literature Michael L. Burduck The quantity of significant scholarship dealing with early-19th-century literature dropped noticeably again this year, continuing...

...Roark Mulligan American Literary Scholarship (2018) doi 10.1215/00659142-8225413 © 2020 by Duke University Press 12 Late-19th-Century Literature Roark Mulligan Although traditional literary methods endure and although canonical writers are still studied, the shift to lesser-known works...

...Michael L. Burduck Copyright © 2021 Duke University Press 2021 Early- th-Century Literature Michael L. Burduck Searching in for noteworthy scholarship published in was a bit of a challenge. In the forms of a rather destructive tornado and a panic-causing virus, Mother Nature played a somewhat...

...Roark Mulligan Copyright © 2021 Duke University Press 2021 Late- th-Century Literature Roark Mulligan Literary studies have increasingly focused on works that are culturally relevant. Examining forgotten authors, neglected artifacts, and popu- lar culture, scholars have a clear social purpose...

...Michael L. Burduck © 2014 Duke University Press 2014 12  Early-19th-Century Literature Michael L. Burduck A substantial number of noteworthy period studies appear this year, with scholars focusing on such varied topics as “writerly eccentricity,” the public’s fascination...

...Nicolas S. Witschi © 2014 Duke University Press 2014 13  Late-19th-Century Literature Nicolas S. Witschi The primary impression one takes away from this year’s scholarship is of breadth: so many authors and so many topics are compellingly explored that no single topic or trend...

...Robert Sattelmeyer; Janet Gabler-Hover Duke University Press 2005 12 Early-19th-Century Literature Robert Sattelmeyer and Janet Gabler-Hover The sheer heft and diversity of scholarship on formerly noncanonical women and minority writers—while Poe holds his own—productively...

...Michael J. Kiskis Duke University Press 2005 13 Late-19th-Century Literature Michael J. Kiskis The scholarship produced during 2003 is a complex mix of perspectives and materials: in the host of essays and books we see evidence not only of the end of the academic apartheid...

...Ed Piacentino Duke University Press 2006 12  Early-19th-Century Literature Ed Piacentino Quantitatively and qualitatively the year’s scholarship demonstrates that this period remains a viable and productive field for critical inquiry. Cultural studies are numerous...

...Nicolas S. Witschi Duke University Press 2006 13  Late-19th-Century Literature Nicolas S. Witschi Perhaps the most striking aspect of scholarship published in 2004 is the extent to which the field is dominated by analyses of the literary, social, intellectual, and professional...

...Kristin Boudreau Duke University Press 2008 11  Early-19th-Century Literature Kristin Boudreau With the exception of Stowe, who continues to attract scholarly atten- tion (this year with a major collection of essays), 2006 marks a curious turn away from major writers and toward...

...Nicolas S. Witschi Duke University Press 2008 12  Late-19th-Century Literature Nicolas S. Witschi Two major biographies, a new journal, and an ever-increasing interest in the various ways in which writers made use of the idea of realism set the tone for scholarship this year...

...Kristin Boudreau Duke University Press 2007 12  Early-19th-Century Literature Kristin Boudreau The majority of this year’s studies are marked by the convergence of culture and politics as critics continue to reflect on the connections between literature and other...

...Nicolas S. Witschi Duke University Press 2007 13  Late-19th-Century Literature Nicolas S. Witschi Henry James and Mark Twain notwithstanding, W. D. Howells once again stands atop the literary world of the late 19th century. The keynote event is the publication of a new Howells...