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William Williams, Anachronism, and the Temporal Logic of Textual Recovery (1776/1815/1969) 威廉姆斯、不合时宜与文本复原的时间逻辑（1776/1815/1969）

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AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY Pub Date : 2024-02-17 DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajad230

Matthew Pethers

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Unpublishing as Form: Hart Crane, Jack Spicer, and the Thresholds of Periodical Publication 作为形式的非出版：哈特-克莱恩、杰克-斯派塞和期刊出版的门槛

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AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY Pub Date : 2024-02-17 DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajad225

Francesca Bratton

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Trilling Redux 特里林再现

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AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY Pub Date : 2024-02-17 DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajad235

Geraldine Murphy

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History in Oblivion 湮没的历史

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AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY Pub Date : 2024-02-17 DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajad236

Timothy Yu

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Archives of Rejection 拒绝档案

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AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY Pub Date : 2024-02-17 DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajad231

Joshua Kotin

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Queer Studies Now; or, The (Political) Economy, Stupid 现在的同性恋研究；或《愚蠢的（政治）经济》（The (Political) Economy, Stupid

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AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY Pub Date : 2024-02-17 DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajad232

Jordan Alexander Stein

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“Somewhere listening for my name”: Black Queer Kinship and the Poetry of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic "在某处聆听我的名字"：黑人同性恋亲情与艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行诗歌

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AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY Pub Date : 2024-02-17 DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajad226

Rona Cran

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Unpublished Saints: Making Mexican Martyrs in American Archives 未出版的圣徒：美国档案中的墨西哥殉教者

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AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY Pub Date : 2024-02-17 DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajad227

Anita Huízar-Hernández

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American Literary History in Pieces 美国文学史碎片

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AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY Pub Date : 2024-02-17 DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajad233

Bryan Sinche

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Trilling Unfinished 未完成的特里林

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AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY Pub Date : 2024-02-17 DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajad229

Michael Kalisch

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