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Literature: history, themes, analysis

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of postcolonialism, race, gender, literature, and history within the context of power dynamics, identity formation, and the public sphere. It delves into critical theories related to colonialism, society, and the impact of historical events on contemporary cultural studies.

79,694 works

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Most cited

  1. The Cult of True Womanhood: 1820-1860

    Barbara Welter · 1966 · American Quarterly · 1,557 citations

  2. The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding

    John Robert Moore · 1960 · Modern Language Quarterly · 1,422 citations

  3. The Normal Chaos of Love.

    Eva Illouz, Ulrich Beck, Elisabeth Beck‐Gernsheim · 1997 · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1,087 citations

  4. Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic

    Pat E. Boyer, Elisabeth Bronfen, Camille Naish · 1994 · Tulsa Studies in Women s Literature · 1,019 citations

  5. The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding

    Curtis Carroll Davis, Ian Watt · 1960 · The William and Mary Quarterly · 993 citations

  6. No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880-1920

    David W. Noble, T. J. Jackson Lears · 1982 · The American Historical Review · 781 citations

Most recent

  1. Gendering Secession: White Women and Politics in South Carolina, 1859–1861 by Melissa DeVelvis (review)

    Lindsey Peterson · 2026 · Journal of the Early Republic · 0 citations

  2. Justice, Prudence, and the Common Good: A Capital Dilemma in Herman Melville’s Billy Budd

    Dustin Gish · 2026 · Literature · 0 citations

  3. "The Fretful Stir": The Romantic Poets, Ireland, and the 1798 Rebellion

    Luke Gibbons · 2026 · ELH · 0 citations

  4. The Pain and Pleasure of Parting: Missing Persons in Paradise Lost

    Stephen B. Dobranski · 2026 · ELH · 0 citations

  5. “Miss Hale Does Not Like to Hear Men Called ‘Hands’”: Human, Recognition, and Hands in Gaskell’s North and South

    Ömer Öğünç · 2026 · ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews · 0 citations

  6. ‘A Strange Blend’: Authenticity, Eclecticism, and the Politics of Cultural Representation in Margaret Sutherland’s The Young Kabbarli

    Aidan McGartland · 2026 · Musicology Australia · 0 citations

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