TY - JOUR AU - Bentley, Nancy AB - The authority of art in US society has declined even as cultural criticism has expanded and diversified, spreading to many sectors of society. While these conditions have affected American literary studies, scholars in the field produce criticism that can be distinguished from the criticism in other sectors by its commitment to historicist thought and by disciplinary standards for what it means to produce a “new reading.” TI - Slow Criticism: American Literary Studies as a World JF - American Literary History DO - 10.1093/alh/ajab096 DA - 2022-02-22 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/slow-criticism-american-literary-studies-as-a-world-URWZGkS8yb SP - 387 EP - 393 VL - 34 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -