Literature in the Early American Republic: Annual Studies o

The only scholarly journal devoted solely to the study of the literary culture of the fledgling United States, Literature in the Early American Republic (LEAR) is a peer-reviewed scholarly annual that promotes discussion of all facets of the literature that arose during the period roughly spanning from the adoption of the Constitution in 1789 to the death of James Fenimore Cooper in 1851. Rooted in the published work of the period LEAR will also address unpublished archival manuscripts of cultural or literary relevance.