Literary Studies

Literary Studies is an academic discipline dedicated to the critical analysis and interpretation of literary texts to examine their meanings, aesthetic forms, and cultural contexts.

22.6K

Publications

1.1M

Citations

19.8K

Authors

2.2K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1.8K

Authors

19.8K

  1. RD
    Robert D. Spector

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    23 publications · 1.5K citations

    19

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  2. SF
    Stanley Fish

    Duke University, United States

    22 publications · 6.4K citations

    19

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  3. JM
    Jerome McGann

    University of Virginia, United States

    21 publications · 1.8K citations

    18

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  4. TE
    Terry Eagleton

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    20 publications · 5.3K citations

    18

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  5. WI
    Wolfgang Iser

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    18 publications · 5.3K citations

    17

    h-index

1–5 of 19.8K

Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3K publications · 191.8K citations

    178

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  2. The Modern Language Review

    673 publications · 38K citations

    90

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  3. World Literature Today

    WLT · 309 publications · 22.5K citations

    76

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  4. American Literature

    537 publications · 26.8K citations

    73

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  5. Poetics Today

    232 publications · 26.3K citations

    66

    h-index

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Literary Studies

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