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American Literary History Template

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About the American Literary History format

American Literary History is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Race, History, and American Society, American History and Culture, Latin American and Latino Studies.

PublisherOxford University Press
Reference styleAuthor–year (OUP)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', American Literary History, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — American Literary History has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inRace, History, and American Society American History and Culture Latin American and Latino Studies Poetry Analysis and Criticism American Constitutional Law and Politics
ISSN0896-7148
Citation impact (2-yr)0.05
h-index60
i10-index492
Total citations19,095
Article processing charge$4,217
Top institutions publishing hereOxford University Press (United Kingdom)
Journal websitealh.oxfordjournals.org
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Papers published in American Literary History per year

81
2014
74
2015
63
2016
48
2017
54
2018
60
2019
47
2020
105
2021
244
2022
258
2023
172
2024
170
2025

Citation impact of American Literary History by publication year

406
2014
565
2015
299
2016
352
2017
163
2018
221
2019
113
2020
289
2021
42
2022
68
2023
11
2024
4
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in American Literary History

Romancing the Empire: The Embodiment of American Masculinity in the Popular Historical Novel of the 1890s

Amy Kaplan · 1 Jan 1990

Romancing the Empire: The Embodiment of American Masculinity in the Popular Historical Novel of the 1890s Get access Amy Kaplan Amy Kaplan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Literary History, Volume 2, Issue 4, Winter 1990, Pages 659–690, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/2.4.659 Published: 01 December 1990

Historical Fantasy, Speculative Realism, and Postrace Aesthetics in Contemporary American Fiction

Ramón Saldívar · 2 Aug 2011

Since the turn of the century, a new generation of minority writers has come to prominence whose work signals a radical turn to a postrace era in American literature.1 Outlining a paradigm that I term historical fantasy, I argue that in the twenty-first century, the relationship between race and social justice, race and identity, and…

What Is Sentimentality?

Jean E. Howard · 1 Jan 1999

Journal Article What Is Sentimentality? Get access June Howard June Howard Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Literary History, Volume 11, Issue 1, Spring 1999, Pages 63–81, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/11.1.63 Published: 01 March 1999

What We Know That We Don't Know: Remapping American Literary Studies

Carolyn Porter · 1 Jan 1994

Journal Article What We Know That We Don't Know: Remapping American Literary Studies Get access Carolyn Porter Carolyn Porter Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Literary History, Volume 6, Issue 3, Fall 1994, Pages 467–526, https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/6.3.467 Published: 01 October 1994

American Literary History template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the American Literary History format?
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What reference style does American Literary History use?
American Literary History uses Author–year (OUP) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', American Literary History, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to American Literary History?
No. DocuGuru generates the oup-authoring-template LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Oxford University Press-ready American Literary History document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Who publishes American Literary History?
American Literary History is a multidisciplinary journal published by Oxford University Press. DocuGuru's American Literary History template matches Oxford University Press's official submission format.
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