00772cas a2200145   4500008004100000022001300041035002000054050004900074245002400123260001000147310001400157362005400171520038000225650002100605170113n                            eng u  a00029831  a(Sirsi) a199895  ahttp://www.jstor.org/subject/americanstudies  aAmerican Literature  aJSTOR  aQuarterly  aVol.  1 ,  No.  1 ,1929 -  Vol.  71 , No. 4 ,1999  aSince its inception, American Literature (AL) has been regarded as the preeminent periodical in its field. Written by established scholars as well as the newest and brightest young critics, AL's thought-provoking essays cover a broad spectrum of periods and genres and employ a wide range of methodological and theoretical approaches--the best in American literary criticism.  aAmerican Studies