Early American Literature (EAL)

Founded in 1965, Early American Literature is the official journal of the MLA’s Forum on Early American Literature. It is the only journal that focuses on the scholarship and criticism of American literature through the early national period. It typically includes articles, provocations and inventions, review essays, and many book, resource, and conference reviews. For more information, visit Early American Literature‘s website. SEA_logoLong DescriptionEarly American Literature has been adopted as the official publication of the Society of Early Americanists. Members receive a subscription to the journal as a benefit of membership. For more information, visit our membership page. Katy Chiles, associate professor of English at the University of Tennessee, teaches and writes about early American literary studies, African American and Native American literature, critical race theory, and print cultures. Her book, Transformable Race: Surprising Metamorphoses in the Literatures of Early America, was published by Oxford University Press, and her work has appeared in PMLA, Early American Literature, American Literature, Race in American Literature and Culture (Cambridge UP, 2022), and African American Literature in Transition, Volume 1, 1750-1800 (Cambridge UP, 2022). She is currently working on another book project that examines race, collaboration, and print history in early American literature, which has been supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.

Early American Literature (EAL) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Early American Literature, African American Literature, Native American Literature, Caribbean Literature, Print Culture Studies, Critical Race Theory, Transatlantic Studies, Colonial and Early National U.S. History, Literary History, Book History , Online or Print , Triennially Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 0012-8163, E-ISSN: 1534-147X, Established: 1965,
• Provides Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE