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Professor Gordon Hutner

 

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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.

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What American literature can teach us about human rights

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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