Modern Language Quarterly publishes scholarly essays and book reviews pertaining to literary history. The journal is published by Duke University Press and housed at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Tables of contents (from 1990 onward) and abstracts (from 2000) can be accessed and searched on this site through the issue index; tables of contents for upcoming issues are also available for preview.

Current issue

MLQ's current issue is March 2024 (85.1) , available online from Duke.

Special Series

See Call For Submissions to MLQ's ongoing special series, "Present Tense: Literary History in Our Time."


Modern Language Quarterly | Department of English, Box 354330 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA 98195-4430
mlq@u.washington.edu