Modern Language Quarterly, established in 1940, is a quarterly, literary history journal, produced (housed) at the University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

 and published by Duke University Press

Duke University Press

Duke University Press is an academic publisher of books and journals, and a unit of Duke University. It publishes approximately 120 books annually and more than 40 journals, as well as offering five electronic collections...

. The current editor since 1993, is Marshall Brown (University of Washington).

Scope

The focus of MLQ is all topics in literary history, which includes all genres, and all time periods

History

History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...

. Theory and argument are presented with a chronological organizational structure

Organizational structure

An organizational structure consists of activities such as task allocation, coordination and supervision, which are directed towards the achievement of organizational aims. It can also be considered as the viewing glass or perspective through which individuals see their organization and its...

. Literary works are considered in the context of their time. The focus encompasses papers on literary change in literary practice and the profession of literature. Topical coverage includes how literary change, or literary history, relates to feminism

Feminism

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, ethnic studies

Ethnic studies

Ethnic studies is the interdisciplinary study of racialized peoples in the world in relation to ethnicity. It evolved in the second half of the 20th century partly in response to charges that traditional disciplines such as anthropology, history, English, ethnology, Asian studies, and orientalism...

, cultural materialism

Cultural materialism

The term Cultural materialism refers to two separate scholarly endeavours:* Cultural materialism — an anthropological research paradigm championed most notably by Marvin Harris....

, discourse analysis, and cultural critiques. Literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

 as it occurs in history is seen as the demonstration and agent of change. Understaning how literature has an impact is emphasized. Publishing formats are scholarly essays and book reviews.

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is indexed in the following databases:

Thomson Reuters

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:

Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Current Contents

Current Contents

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 / Arts & Humanities

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