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New Literary History

Editor :

Bruce Holsinger, University of Virginia

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55 (2024)
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Quarterly
New Literary History focuses on questions of theory, method, interpretation, and literary history. Rather than espousing a single ideology or intellectual framework, it canvasses a wide range of scholarly concerns. By examining the bases of criticism, the journal provokes debate on the relations between literary and cultural texts and present needs. A major international forum for scholarly exchange, New Literary History has received six awards from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.
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We are briefly suspending new submissions until February 1, 2025, due to an editorial transition in the office. We encourage you to resubmit your essay at that time, following the submission instructions below.

New Literary History publishes essays on topics of theoretical significance within and beyond literary studies. The journal especially welcomes three types of contribution:

  1. articles that engage with literary and cultural theory, including concepts of period, genre, or style, questions of hermeneutics and the reading process, problems of representation, and the relations between literary studies and other disciplines;
  2. articles that engage with broad questions of literary history and literary-historical method, across and within discrete periods, languages, nations, and hemispheres; and
  3. articles addressing general theoretical or methodological questions that are of interest to scholars in a wide range of fields. Contributors should bear in mind New Literary History’s international and intellectually diverse readership.

Note that the journal receives a very large volume of contributions every year, and that our rate of acceptance tends to hover around 5 percent. For this reason we are unable to provide reader reports on most submissions. Endnotes are used rather than bibliographies, and Chicago style is preferred. Contributions of 6,000-10,000 words can be submitted by regular mail or email. NLH does not publish digressive endnotes.

Address all editorial communications to:

The Editor
New Literary History
219 Bryan Hall
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400121
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4121
U.S.A.

E-mail: NewLiteraryHistory@virginia.edu

The Hopkins Press Journals Ethics and Malpractice Statement can be found at the ethics-and-malpractice page.

Peer Review Policy

New Literary History requests and requires original research and discourages (but does not prohibit) double submission. Preliminary review of essays (i.e. desk review by the editor) takes place in the initial weeks following submission, and the authors of desk-rejected essays are notified by e-mail generally within three weeks. Essays not desk rejected are sent out for double-blind peer review.  In order to be considered for peer review, submissions must engage with literary and cultural theory, including concepts of period, genre, or style, questions of hermeneutics and the reading process, problems of representation, and the relations between literary studies and other disciplines; and/or engage with broad questions of literary history and literary-historical method, across and within discrete periods, languages, nations, and hemispheres; and/or address general theoretical or methodological questions that are of interest to scholars in a wide range of fields. Essays must exhibit a high quality of writing and thought, rigorous and thorough research, and a substantial grounding in the subfields to which they are contributing. Once reader reports on essays are returned, the editor makes a decision based on the recommendations of referees and the editor's own assessment. Essays may be rejected outright, returned with a request for revision and resubmission, or, more rarely, accepted with little or no revision. We ask our readers to return their reports within six weeks of receipt. The journal makes its best effort to notify authors of all decisions within six months of submission.

Editor

Bruce Holsinger

Associate Editors

Susan Fraiman 
Kevin Hart 
Jahan Ramazani 
Herbert F. Tucker

Managing Editor

Mollie H. Washburne

Copy Editors

Josephine Adams 
Ian Jayne 
Annie Persons 
Rachel Retica

Advisory Editors

Amanda Anderson, Brown University 
Derek Attridge, University of York 
Hélène Cixous, University of Paris VIII–Vincennes 
Jonathan Culler, Cornell University 
Wai Chee Dimock, Yale University 
Winfried Fluck, Free University, Berlin 
John Frow, University of Sydney 
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Stanford University 
Fredric R. Jameson, Duke University 
Jerome McGann, University of Virginia 
Toril Moi, Duke University 
Martha C. Nussbaum, University of Chicago 
Ato Quayson, University of Toronto 
Brian Stock, University of Toronto 
Zhang Longxi, City University of Hong Kong

Abstracting & Indexing Databases

  • Association for Asian Studies
    • Bibliography of Asian Studies (Online), 1972-1991
  • Clarivate Analytics
    • Arts & Humanities Citation Index
    • Current Contents
    • Web of Science
  • De Gruyter Saur
    • Dietrich's Index Philosophicus
    • IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur
    • Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur
  • EBSCOhost
    • Academic Search Alumni Edition, 7/1/1993-
    • Academic Search Complete, 7/1/1993-
    • Academic Search Elite, 7/1/1993-
    • Academic Search Premier, 7/1/1993-
    • Biography Index: Past and Present (H.W. Wilson), vol.15, 1984-vol.40, no.4, 2009
    • Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson), Oct.1983-
    • Current Abstracts, 1/1/2000-
    • Historical Abstracts (Online), 2/1/1969-
    • Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson), 4/15/1974-12/15/1983
    • Humanities Abstracts (H.W. Wilson), 8/1/1983-
    • Humanities Index (Online), 1983/10-
    • Humanities Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson), 4/15/1974-12/15/1983
    • Humanities International Complete, 7/1/1993-
    • Humanities International Index, 7/1/1993-
    • Humanities Source, 4/15/1974-
    • Humanities Source Ultimate, 4/15/1974-
    • International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text, 9/1/1993-
    • MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
    • OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson), 8/1/1983-
    • Poetry & Short Story Reference Center, 12/1/1992-
    • Political Science Complete, 12/1/1992-
    • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale)
    • Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies
    • SocINDEX, 1/1/1985-
    • SocINDEX with Full Text, 1/1/1985-
    • TOC Premier (Table of Contents), 1/1/1995-
  • Elsevier BV
    • Scopus, 2002-, 1983
  • Gale
    • Gale Academic OneFile, 01/1989-
    • Gale Academic OneFile Select, 01/1989-
    • Gale General OneFile, 01/1989-
    • InfoTrac Custom, 1/1989-
    • MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
    • Shakespeare Collection, 1/1989-
  • National Library of Medicine
    • PubMed
  • OCLC
    • ArticleFirst, vol.24, no.1, 1993-vol.42, no.3, 2011
    • Electronic Collections Online, vol.26, no.1, 1995-vol.42, no.3, 2011
    • Humanities Index (Online), 1983/10-
    • Periodical Abstracts, v.20, n.2, 1989-v.41, n.2, 2010
    • Sociological Abstracts (Online), Selective
  • Personal Alert (E-mail)
  • ProQuest
    • Art, Design & Architecture Collection, 01/01/1989-
    • Arts & Humanities Database, 01/01/1989-
    • Arts Premium Collection, 1/1/1989-
    • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (Online), Selective
    • Literary Journals Index Full Text
    • MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
    • Periodicals Index Online
    • Professional ProQuest Central, 01/01/1989-
    • ProQuest 5000, 01/01/1989-
    • ProQuest Central, 01/01/1989-
    • Research Library, 01/01/1989-
    • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale)
    • Social Services Abstracts, Selective
    • Sociological Abstracts (Online), Selective
    • The Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL)
    • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Selective

Abstracting & Indexing Sources

  • Abstracts of English Studies   (Ceased)  (Print)
  • Literary Criticism Register   (Ceased)  (Print)
  • MLA Abstracts of Articles in Scholarly Journals   (Ceased)  (Print)
  • Social Planning - Policy & Development Abstracts   (Ceased)  (Print)

Source: Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory.

0.8 (2023)
0.8 (Five-Year Impact Factor)
0.00142 (Eigenfactor™ Score)

Rank in Category (by Journal Impact Factor):
Note: While journals indexed in AHCI and ESCI are receiving a JIF for the first time in June 2023, they will not receive ranks, quartiles, or percentiles until the release of 2023 data in June 2024.
 

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Readers include: Scholars and students working in literary theory and interpretation, literary history, and textual history and criticism

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