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Essays in Criticism is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Poetry Analysis and Criticism, Samuel Beckett and Modernism, Modernist Literature and Criticism.

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', Essays in Criticism, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inPoetry Analysis and Criticism Samuel Beckett and Modernism Modernist Literature and Criticism Irish and British Studies Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
ISSN0014-0856
Citation impact (2-yr)0.05
h-index37
i10-index155
Total citations8,170
Article processing charge$4,562
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Bristol
Journal websiteacademic.oup.com
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Papers published in Essays in Criticism per year

30
2014
30
2015
41
2016
28
2017
35
2018
32
2019
31
2020
24
2021
36
2022
30
2023
26
2024
28
2025

Citation impact of Essays in Criticism by publication year

180
2014
59
2015
35
2016
36
2017
20
2018
50
2019
7
2020
5
2021
10
2022
1
2023
3
2024
0
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Essays in Criticism

CULTURE AND SOCIETY

Raymond Williams · 1 Jan 1959

IntroductionPart 1: A Nineteenth-Century Tradition I. Contrastsi. Edmund Burke and William Cobbettii. Robert Southey and Robert Owen2. The Romantic Artist3. Mill on Bentham and Coleridge4. Thomas Carlyle5. The Industrial Novels: Mary Barton and North and South, Mrs Gaskell Hard Times, Dickens Sybil, Disraeli Alton Locke, Kingsley Felix Holt, George Eliot6. J. H. Newman and Matthew…

FICTION AND THE READING PUBLIC

PHILIP LAREIN · 1 Jan 1954

Journal Article FICTION AND THE READING PUBLIC Get access PHILIP LAREIN PHILIP LAREIN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Essays in Criticism, Volume IV, Issue 1, January 1954, Page 86, https://doi.org/10.1093/eic/IV.1.86 Published: 01 January 1954

‘THE INTENTIONAL FALLACY’

Edward Larrissy · 1 Jan 1973

‘THE INTENTIONAL FALLACY’ Get access EDWARD LARRISSY EDWARD LARRISSY Wadham CollegeOxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Essays in Criticism, Volume XXIII, Issue 2, April 1973, Pages 212–215, https://doi.org/10.1093/eic/XXIII.2.212 Published: 01 April 1973

The Stigma of Print

J. W. Saunders · 1 Jan 1951

Journal Article The Stigma of Print: A Note on the Social Bases of Tudor Poetry Get access J. W. SAUNDERS J. W. SAUNDERS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Essays in Criticism, Volume I, Issue 2, April 1951, Pages 139–164, https://doi.org/10.1093/eic/I.2.139 Published: 01 April 1951

The Great War and Modern Memory

Kevin McLoughlin · 1 Oct 2014

Journal Article The Great War and Modern Memory Get access Kate McLoughlin Kate McLoughlin Harris Manchester College, Oxford k.mcloughlin@bbk.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Essays in Criticism, Volume 64, Issue 4, October 2014, Pages 436–458, https://doi.org/10.1093/escrit/cgu019 Published: 01 October 2014

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