The Journal of Modern Literature publishes scholarship on twentieth and twenty-first-century literature, with a focus on modernist and postmodernist works. Articles explore themes of identity, including queer, racial, and gendered subjectivities, as well as literary form, genre, and intertextuality. The journal also examines the relationship between literature and other disciplines, such as psychology, brain science, and history.
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Literature and Literary TheoryQ2
Subject Classification
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Literature
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Literature and Literary Theory
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Modernist Literature and CriticismPoetry Analysis and CriticismSamuel Beckett and ModernismContemporary Literature and CriticismIrish and British StudiesPhilosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismAmerican and British Literature AnalysisFrench Literature and PoetryTheatre and Performance StudiesPostcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies