ESQ: A Journal of Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture

ESQ is devoted to the study of nineteenth-century American literature. We invite submission of original articles, welcome work grounded in a wide range of theoretical and critical perspectives, and encourage inquiries proposing submissions and projects. Please contact us with comments and queries.
Current Issue:
“Nature is a Haunted House – “: Emily Dickinson’s Environmental Gothicism
Li-Hsin Hsu
Embattled Settler Colonialism in John Rollin Ridge’s Joaquín Murieta
Oliver Baker
Radical Resistance: The Philological Physics of Thoreau’s Philosophy
David Barral