American Literature is a literary journal

Literary magazine

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 published by Duke University Press

Duke University Press

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. It is sponsored by the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association

Modern Language Association

The Modern Language Association of America is the principal professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literature...

 (of America), known as the MLA. The current editor is Priscilla Wald. The first volume of this journal was published in March 1929.

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.

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is Indexed/abstracted in the following databases:

Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters

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Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Current Contents

Current Contents

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 / Arts & Humanities

Academic Abstracts Fulltext Elite & Ultra

Academic Research Library,

Academic Search

Academic Search

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 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

International Bibliography of Periodical Literature

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 (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

External links

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