Discipline Literary History Edited by Marshall Brown | Language English Publication history 1940-present | |
Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Mod. lang. q. (Seattle) Publisher Duke University Press and University of Washington (USA) | ||
Modern Language Quarterly (MLQ), established in 1940, is a quarterly, literary history journal, produced (housed) at the University of Washington and published by Duke University Press. The current editor, since 1993, is Marshall Brown (University of Washington).
Contents
Scope
The focus of MLQ is all topics in literary history, which includes all genres, and all time periods. Theory and argument are presented with a chronological organizational structure. 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, ethnic studies, cultural materialism, discourse analysis, and cultural critiques. Literature as it occurs in history is seen as the demonstration and agent of change. Understanding 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: Academic Abstracts Fulltext Elite & Ultra Academic Research Library, Academic Search Elite & Premier Expanded Academic ASAP, General Reference Center Gold & International Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective, 1907–1984, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ), Literary Reference Center, Literature Resource Center, Magazines for Libraries, MLA Bibliography, OmniFile - Mega Edition Professional Development Collection (EBSCO) Research LibraryStaff
The managing editor from 1943 to 1963 was Edward G. Cox.