Journal of Modern Literature

Vol. 22, no. 2 (1998/99) through current issue

Journal of Modern Literature is widely recognized as the journal of record for modern literature. More than 20 years after its founding, it remains the most important scholarly journal in its field. In recent years, its coverage has expanded to include contemporary writing as well as literature other than English and American, and it now addresses all literature written in the 20th century

Published by: Indiana University Press

Current Issue: Volume 40, Number 2, Winter 2016

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Volume 40, Number 2, Winter 2016

Editors

Robert L. Caserio

Paula Marantz Cohen

Janet Lyon

Daniel T. O’Hara

Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Sheldon Brivic, Temple University

Ruben Borg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

André Carrington, Drexel University

Maria DiBattista, Princeton University

Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Temple University

Jonathan Eburne, Penn State University

Alan Golding, University of Louisville

Matt Hart, Columbia University

Eric Hayot, Penn State University

Aaron Jaffe, Florida State University

Eric Keenaghan, The University at Albany – SUNY

Linda Kinnahan, Duquesne University

Charles Lock, University of Copenhagen

Marina MacKay, Oxford University

Gina MacKenzie, Holy Family University

Peter Lancelot Mallios, University of Maryland

Hortensia Morrell, Temple University

Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia

Aldon Nielsen, Penn State University

Patrick Pritchett, Amherst College

Richard Purcell, Carnegie Mellon University

Robin Schulze, SUNY – Buffalo

Urmila Seshagiri, University of Tennessee

Alan Singer, Temple University

Christopher Soufas, Temple University

Robert T. Tally, Jr., Texas State University

Jennifer Yusin, Drexel University

Volume 40, Number 1, Fall 2016

Editors

Robert L. Caserio

Paula Marantz Cohen

Rachel Blau DuPlessis

Janet Lyon

Daniel T. O’Hara

Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Sheldon Brivic, Temple University

Ruben Borg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

André Carrington, Drexel University

Maria DiBattista, Princeton University

Jonathan Eburne, Penn State University

Alan Golding, University of Louisville

Matt Hart, Columbia University

Eric Hayot, Penn State University

Aaron Jaffe, University of Louisville

Eric Keenaghan, The University at Albany – SUNY

Linda Kinnahan, Duquesne University

Charles Lock, University of Copenhagen

Marina MacKay, Oxford University

Gina MacKenzie, Holy Family University

Peter Lancelot Mallios, University of Maryland

Hortensia Morrell, Temple University

Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia

Aldon Nielsen, Penn State University

Patrick Pritchett, Amherst College

Richard Purcell, Carnegie Mellon University

Robin Schulze, University of Delaware

Urmila Seshagiri, University of Tennessee

Alan Singer, Temple University

Christopher Soufas, Temple University

Robert T. Tally, Jr., Texas State University

Jennifer Yusin, Drexel University

Volume 39, Number 4, Summer 2016

Editors

Robert L. Caserio

Paula Marantz Cohen

Rachel Blau DuPlessis

Janet Lyon

Daniel T. O’Hara

Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Sheldon Brivic, Temple University

Ruben Borg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

André Carrington, Drexel University

Maria DiBattista, Princeton University

Jonathan Eburne, Penn State University

Alan Golding, University of Louisville

Matt Hart, Columbia University

Eric Hayot, Penn State University

Aaron Jaffe, University of Louisville

Eric Keenaghan, The University at Albany – SUNY

Linda Kinnahan, Duquesne University

Charles Lock, University of Copenhagen

Marina MacKay, Oxford University

Gina MacKenzie, Holy Family University

Peter Lancelot Mallios, University of Maryland

Hortensia Morrell, Temple University

Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia

Aldon Nielsen, Penn State University

Patrick Pritchett, Amherst College

Richard Purcell, Carnegie Mellon University

Robin Schulze, University of Delaware

Urmila Seshagiri, University of Tennessee

Alan Singer, Temple University

Christopher Soufas, Temple University

Robert T. Tally, Jr., Texas State University

Jennifer Yusin, Drexel University

Volume 39, Number 3, Spring 2016

Editors

Robert L. Caserio

Paula Marantz Cohen

Rachel Blau DuPlessis

Janet Lyon

Daniel T. O’Hara

Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Sheldon Brivic, Temple University

Ruben Borg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

André Carrington, Drexel University

Maria DiBattista, Princeton University

Jonathan Eburne, Penn State University

Alan Golding, University of Louisville

Matt Hart, Columbia University

Eric Hayot, Penn State University

Aaron Jaffe, University of Louisville

Eric Keenaghan, The University at Albany – SUNY

Linda Kinnahan, Duquesne University

Charles Lock, University of Copenhagen

Marina MacKay, Oxford University

Gina MacKenzie, Holy Family University

Peter Lancelot Mallios, University of Maryland

Hortensia Morrell, Temple University

Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia

Aldon Nielsen, Penn State University

Patrick Pritchett, Amherst College

Richard Purcell, Carnegie Mellon University

Robin Schulze, University of Delaware

Urmila Seshagiri, University of Tennessee

Alan Singer, Temple University

Christopher Soufas, Temple University

Robert T. Tally, Jr., Texas State University

Jennifer Yusin, Drexel University

Volume 39, Number 2, Winter 2016

Editors

Robert L. Caserio

Paula Marantz Cohen

Rachel Blau DuPlessis

Janet Lyon

Daniel T. O’Hara

Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Sheldon Brivic, Temple University

Ruben Borg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

André Carrington, Drexel University

Maria DiBattista, Princeton University

Jonathan Eburne, Penn State University

Alan Golding, University of Louisville

Matt Hart, Columbia University

Eric Hayot, Penn State University

Aaron Jaffe, University of Louisville

Eric Keenaghan, The University at Albany – SUNY

Linda Kinnahan, Duquesne University

Charles Lock, University of Copenhagen

Marina MacKay, Oxford University

Gina MacKenzie, Holy Family University

Peter Lancelot Mallios, University of Maryland

Hortensia Morrell, Temple University

Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia

Aldon Nielsen, Penn State University

Patrick Pritchett, Amherst College

Richard Purcell, Carnegie Mellon University

Robin Schulze, University of Delaware

Urmila Seshagiri, University of Tennessee

Alan Singer, Temple University

Christopher Soufas, Temple University

Robert T. Tally, Jr., Texas State University

Jennifer Yusin, Drexel University

Volume 39, Number 1, Fall 2015

Editors

Robert L. Caserio

Paula Marantz Cohen

Rachel Blau DuPlessis

Janet Lyon

Daniel T. O’Hara

Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Sheldon Brivic, Temple University

Ruben Borg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

André Carrington, Drexel University

Maria DiBattista, Princeton University

Jonathan Eburne, Penn State University

Alan Golding, University of Louisville

Matt Hart, Columbia University

Eric Hayot, Penn State University

Aaron Jaffe, University of Louisville

Eric Keenaghan, The University at Albany – SUNY

Linda Kinnahan, Duquesne University

Charles Lock, University of Copenhagen

Marina MacKay, Oxford University

Gina MacKenzie, Holy Family University

Peter Lancelot Mallios, University of Maryland

Hortensia Morrell, Temple University

Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia

Aldon Nielsen, Penn State University

Patrick Pritchett, Amherst College

Richard Purcell, Carnegie Mellon University

Robin Schulze, University of Delaware

Urmila Seshagiri, University of Tennessee

Alan Singer, Temple University

Christopher Soufas, Temple University

Robert T. Tally, Jr., Texas State University

Jennifer Yusin, Drexel University

Volume 38, Number 4, Summer 2015

Editors

Robert L. Caserio

Paula Marantz Cohen

Rachel Blau DuPlessis

Janet Lyon

Daniel T. O’Hara

Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Sheldon Brivic, Temple University

Ruben Borg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

André Carrington, Drexel University

Maria DiBattista, Princeton University

Jonathan Eburne, Penn State University

Alan Golding, University of Louisville

Matt Hart, Columbia University

Eric Hayot, Penn State University

Aaron Jaffe, University of Louisville

Eric Keenaghan, The University at Albany – SUNY

Charles Lock, University of Copenhagen

Marina MacKay, Oxford University

Gina MacKenzie, Holy Family University

Peter Lancelot Mallios, University of Maryland

Hortensia Morrell, Temple University

Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia

Aldon Nielsen, Penn State University

Patrick Pritchett, Amherst College

Richard Purcell, Carnegie Mellon University

Robin Schulze, University of Delaware

Urmila Seshagiri, University of Tennessee

Alan Singer, Temple University

Christopher Soufas, Temple University

Robert T. Tally, Jr., Texas State University

Jennifer Yusin, Drexel University

Volume 38, Number 3, Spring 2015

Editors

Robert L. Caserio

Paula Marantz Cohen

Rachel Blau DuPlessis

Janet Lyon

Daniel T. O’Hara

Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Sheldon Brivic, Temple University

Ruben Borg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

André Carrington, Drexel University

Maria DiBattista, Princeton University

Jonathan Eburne, Penn State University

Alan Golding, University of Louisville

Matt Hart, Columbia University

Eric Hayot, Penn State University

Aaron Jaffe, University of Louisville

Eric Keenaghan, The University at Albany – SUNY

Charles Lock, University of Copenhagen

Marina MacKay, Oxford University

Gina MacKenzie, Holy Family University

Peter Lancelot Mallios, University of Maryland

Hortensia Morrell, Temple University

Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia

Aldon Nielsen, Penn State University

Patrick Pritchett, Amherst College

Richard Purcell, Carnegie Mellon University

Robin Schulze, University of Delaware

Urmila Seshagiri, University of Tennessee

Alan Singer, Temple University

Christopher Soufas, Temple University

Robert T. Tally, Jr., Texas State University

Jennifer Yusin, Drexel University

Volume 38, Number 2, Winter 2015

Editors

Robert L. Caserio

Paula Marantz Cohen

Rachel Blau DuPlessis

Janet Lyon

Daniel T. O’Hara

Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Sheldon Brivic, Temple University

Ruben Borg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

André Carrington, Drexel University

Maria DiBattista, Princeton University

Jonathan Eburne, Penn State University

Alan Golding, University of Louisville

Matt Hart, Columbia University

Eric Hayot, Penn State University

Aaron Jaffe, University of Louisville

Eric Keenaghan, The University at Albany – SUNY

Charles Lock, University of Copenhagen

Marina MacKay, Oxford University

Gina MacKenzie, Holy Family University

Peter Lancelot Mallios, University of Maryland

Hortensia Morrell, Temple University

Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia

Aldon Nielsen, Penn State University

Patrick Pritchett, Amherst College

Richard Purcell, Carnegie Mellon University

Robin Schulze, University of Delaware

Urmila Seshagiri, University of Tennessee

Alan Singer, Temple University

Christopher Soufas, Temple University

Robert T. Tally, Jr., Texas State University

Jennifer Yusin, Drexel University

Volume 38, Number 1, Fall 2014

Editors

Robert L. Caserio

Paula Marantz Cohen

Rachel Blau DuPlessis

Janet Lyon

Daniel T. O’Hara

Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Sheldon Brivic, Temple University

Ruben Borg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

André Carrington, Drexel University

Maria DiBattista, Princeton University

Jonathan Eburne, Penn State University

Alan Golding, University of Louisville

Matt Hart, Columbia University

Eric Hayot, Penn State University

Aaron Jaffe, University of Louisville

Eric Keenaghan, The University at Albany – SUNY

Linda Kinnahan, Duquesne University

Charles Lock, University of Copenhagen

Marina MacKay, Oxford University

Gina MacKenzie, Holy Family University

Peter Lancelot Mallios, University of Maryland

Hortensia Morrell, Temple University

Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia

Aldon Nielsen, Penn State University

Patrick Pritchett, Amherst College

Richard Purcell, Carnegie Mellon University

Robin Schulze, University of Delaware

Urmila Seshagiri, University of Tennessee

Alan Singer, Temple University

Christopher Soufas, Temple University

Robert T. Tally, Jr., Texas State University

Jennifer Yusin, Drexel University

Volume 37, Number 4, Summer 2014

Editors

Robert L. Caserio
Paula Marantz Cohen
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Janet Lyon
Daniel T. O’Hara
Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Sheldon Brivic, Temple University
Jonathan Eburne, Penn State University
Suzanne Gauch, Temple University
Matt Hart, Columbia University
Eric Hayot, Penn State University
Carey Kaplan, St. Michael’s College
Eric Keenaghan, University at Albany – SUNY
Marina MacKay, Durham University
Gina MacKenzie, Holy Family University
Peter Lancelot Mallios, University of Maryland
Hortensia Morrell, Temple University
Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia
Aldon Nielsen, Penn State University
Patrick Pritchett, Harvard University
Richard Purcell, Carnegie Mellon University
Beth C. Rosenberg, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Samuel Scheer, Smith College and Windsor High School
Alan Singer, Temple University
Christopher Soufas, Temple University
Jennifer Yusin, Drexel University

Volume 37, Number 3, Spring 2014

Editors

Robert L. Caserio
Paula Marantz Cohen
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Janet Lyon
Daniel T. O’Hara
Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Volume 37, Number 2, Winter 2014

Editors

Robert L. Caserio
Paula Marantz Cohen
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Janet Lyon
Daniel T. O’Hara
Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Volume 37, Number 1, Fall 2013

Editors

Robert L. Caserio
Paula Marantz Cohen
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Janet Lyon
Daniel T. O’Hara
Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Herman Beavers, University of Pennsylvania
Sheldon Brivic, Temple University
Suzanne Gauch, Temple University
Eric Hayot, Penn State Univeristy
Carey Kaplan, St. Michael’s College
Eric Keenaghan, University at Albany – SUNY
Marina MacKay, Durham University
Peter Lancelot Mallios, University of Maryland
Hortensia Morrell, Temple University
Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia
Aldon Nielsen, Penn State University
Abioseh Porter, Drexel University
Patrick Pritchett, Harvard University
Richard Purcell, Carnegie Mellon University
Beth C. Rosenberg, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Samuel Scheer, Smith College and Windsor High School
Alan Singer, Temple University
Christopher Soufas, Temple University
Tom Travisano, Hartwick College
Lawrence Venuti, Temple University
Jennifer Yusin, Drexel University

Volume 36, Number 4, Summer 2013

Editors

Robert L. Caserio
Paula Marantz Cohen
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Janet Lyon
Daniel T. O’Hara
Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Volume 36, Number 3, Spring 2013

Editors

Robert L. Caserio
Paula Marantz Cohen
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Janet Lyon
Daniel T. O’Hara
Jean-Michel Rabaté

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

JML Advisory Editors

Volume 36, Number 2, Winter 2013

MLA Bibliography
EBSCO American Humanities Index
EBSCO Current Abstracts
EBSCO Current Citations Express
ProQuest
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Humanities Index
Wilson Omnifile
ProQuest Research Library
ProQuest Platinum Periodicals
ProQuest Discovery
ProQuest Literature Online (LION)
ProQuest News and Magazines

Volume 36, Number 1, Fall 2012

Volume 35, Number 4, Summer 2012

Volume 35, Number 3, Spring 2012

Volume 35, Number 2, Winter 2012

Volume 35, Number 1, Fall 2011

Editors

Robert L. Caserio
Paula Marantz Cohen
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Janet Lyon
Daniel T. O’Hara
Jean-Michel Rabaté

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Advisory Editors

Herman Beavers, University of Pennsylvania
Suzanne Gauch, Temple University
Eric Hayot, Pennsylvania State University
Carey Kaplan, St. Michael’s College
Marina MacKay, Washington University - St. Louis
Peter Mallios, University of Maryland
Hortensia R. Morell, Temple University
Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia
Aldon Lynn Nielsen, Pennsylvania State University
Abioseh Porter, Drexel University
Patrick Pritchett, Harvard University
Richard Purcell, Carnegie Mellon University
Beth Carole Rosenberg, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Samuel Scheer, Smith College and Windsor High School
Christopher Soufas, Temple University
Thomas Travisano, Hartwick College
Lawrence Venuti, Temple University
Jennifer Yusin, Drexel University

Volume 34, Number 4, Summer 2011

Editors

Robert L. Caserio
Paula Marantz Cohen
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Janet Lyon
Daniel T. O’Hara
Jean-Michel Rabaté

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Advisory Editors

Volume 34, Number 3, Spring 2011

Editors

Robert L. Caserio
Paula Marantz Cohen
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Janet Lyon
Daniel T. O’Hara
Jean-Michel Rabaté

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Advisory Editors

Volume 34, Number 2, Winter 2011

Editors

Robert L. Caserio
Paula Marantz Cohen
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Janet Lyon
Daniel T. O’Hara
Jean-Michel Rabaté

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Advisory Editors

Volume 34, Number 1, Fall 2010

Editors

Robert L. Caserio
Paula Marantz Cohen
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Janet Lyon
Daniel T. O’Hara
Jean-Michel Rabaté

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Advisory Editors

Volume 33, Number 4, Summer 2010

Editors

Robert L. Caserio
Paula Marantz Cohen
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Daniel T. O’Hara
Jean-Michel Rabaté
Ellen Cronan Rose

Copyrights Editor

Robert Spoo

Managing Editor

Laurel Garver

Editorial Assistant

Sarah Gardam

JML Advisory Editors

Herman Beavers, University of Pennsylvania
Suzanne Gauch, Temple University
Eric Hayot, Pennsylvania State University
Carey Kaplan, St. Michael’s College
Annette Shandler Levitt, Drexel University
Hortensia R. Morell, Temple University
Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia
Aldon Lynn Nielsen, Pennsylvania State University
Miles D. Orvell, Temple University
Abioseh Porter, Drexel University
Beth Carole Rosenberg, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Samuel Scheer, Windsor High School
Christopher Soufas, Temple University
Thomas Travisano, Hartwick College
Lawrence Venuti, Temple University