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New Literary History focuses on questions of theory, method, interpretation, and literary history. It welcomes contributions from a wide range of intellectual perspectives. The distinctiveness of NLH lies in its commitment to scrutinizing the principles and procedures of interpretation, to rethinking theory and method, and to reassessing the current buzz-words and by-words of scholarly argument.

Understanding Criticism

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The Turn to Affect and the Problem of Judgment

by Linda M. G. Zerilli from Vol 46, Issue 2, 2015

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2024 Ralph Cohen Prize Winner Announced

Warm congratulations to Akrish Adhikari, recipient of the 2024 Ralph Cohen Prize from New Literary History. Adhikari, who teaches French at Wayne State University in Detroit, was recognized for his essay “Fanon’s Typewriter.” He works on topics in Francophone African…
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