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Literary Imagination

Literary Imagination is a cognitive and creative faculty that enables the conception and articulation of imagined worlds, characters, and events through language, distinguishing itself from other forms of imagination by its reliance on literary structures, narrative conventions, and aesthetic expression.

368

Publications

25.2K

Citations

378

Authors

90

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

30

Parents

Publications

368

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination.

Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Toni Morrison · Journal of American History · 1993 · 3.1K citations

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The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination.

Annette Kolodny, Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar · American Literature · 1980 · 2.6K citations

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Playing in the dark: whiteness and the literary imagination

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 1K citations

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The future of environmental criticism: environmental crisis and literary imagination

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 986 citations

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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination.

Trudier Harris, Toni Morrison · American Literature · 1993 · 968 citations

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Authors

378

  1. MC
    Martha C. Nussbaum

    University of Chicago, United States

    4 publications · 889 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. ET
    Emily T. Troscianko

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 71 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. TM
    Toni Morrison

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 4.1K citations

    2

    h-index

  4. JB
    John B. Vickery

    Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

    2 publications · 143 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. RW
    Raymond W. Gibbs

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    2 publications · 30 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

90

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    4 publications

    95 citations

  2. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    126 citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    112 citations

  4. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    101 citations

  5. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    27 citations

  6. University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    67 citations

  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  8. Fordham University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 87 publications · 8.2K citations

    41

    h-index

  2. American Literature

    18 publications · 4.1K citations

    13

    h-index

  3. Modern Language Quarterly

    MLQ · 6 publications · 350 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. The Modern Language Review

    6 publications · 287 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 5 publications · 365 citations

    5

    h-index

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