Peter Widdowson

824 total citations
18 papers, 181 citations indexed

About

Peter Widdowson is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Widdowson has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 181 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 1 paper in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Peter Widdowson's work include Thomas Hardy Literature Studies (3 papers), Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (2 papers) and Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (2 papers). Peter Widdowson is often cited by papers focused on Thomas Hardy Literature Studies (3 papers), Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (2 papers) and Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (2 papers). Peter Widdowson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Australia. Peter Widdowson's co-authors include Peter Brooker, Raman Selden, Francis Barker and Peter Hulme and has published in prestigious journals such as Textual Practice, Critical Quarterly and Journal of American Studies.

In The Last Decade

Peter Widdowson

15 papers receiving 100 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Widdowson United Kingdom 7 103 46 18 17 15 18 181
Kenneth Womack United States 6 83 0.8× 33 0.7× 32 1.8× 16 0.9× 17 1.1× 39 175
Linda M. Shires United States 6 81 0.8× 41 0.9× 18 1.0× 9 0.5× 13 0.9× 18 160
Nellie Y. McKay United States 8 104 1.0× 68 1.5× 16 0.9× 38 2.2× 23 1.5× 25 210
Pierre Saint-Amand 5 102 1.0× 45 1.0× 41 2.3× 16 0.9× 13 0.9× 23 209
Michael Worton United Kingdom 5 106 1.0× 41 0.9× 31 1.7× 6 0.4× 28 1.9× 21 203
Jennifer Wicke United Kingdom 8 86 0.8× 54 1.2× 15 0.8× 35 2.1× 6 0.4× 17 167
William Egginton United States 8 53 0.5× 31 0.7× 33 1.8× 13 0.8× 9 0.6× 27 136
Tison Pugh United States 8 94 0.9× 70 1.5× 14 0.8× 13 0.8× 11 0.7× 53 196
Christy L. Burns 5 59 0.6× 24 0.5× 20 1.1× 8 0.5× 6 0.4× 13 127
Renate Lachmann Germany 5 41 0.4× 43 0.9× 21 1.2× 11 0.6× 14 0.9× 26 132

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Widdowson

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Brooker, Peter & Peter Widdowson. (2014). A Practical Reader in Contemporary Literary Theory.
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Widdowson, Peter. (2013). Introduction: The Crisis in English Studies. 11–24.
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Widdowson, Peter, et al.. (2013). Production and Reproduction: The Case of Frankenstein. 210–235. 8 indexed citations
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Widdowson, Peter, et al.. (2013). Re-Imagining the Fairy Tales: Angela Carter's Bloody Chambers. 236–250. 3 indexed citations
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Selden, Raman, Peter Widdowson, & Peter Brooker. (2013). A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. 62 indexed citations
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Widdowson, Peter. (2006). ‘Writing back’: contemporary re-visionary fiction. Textual Practice. 20(3). 491–507. 21 indexed citations
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Widdowson, Peter. (2004). The Palgrave Guide to English Literature and its Contexts, 1500–2000. 1 indexed citations
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Widdowson, Peter, et al.. (2004). Thomas Hardy and Contemporary Literary Studies. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Widdowson, Peter. (2001). The American Dream Refashioned: History, Politics and Gender in Toni Morrison's Paradise. Journal of American Studies. 35(2). 313–335. 16 indexed citations
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Widdowson, Peter. (1993). Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy. Macmillan eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Barker, Francis, et al.. (1990). Literature, Politics and Theory: Papers from the Essex Conference, 1976-1984. The Yearbook of English Studies. 20. 215–215. 2 indexed citations
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Widdowson, Peter. (1989). Hardy in History: A Study in Literary Sociology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 14 indexed citations
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Widdowson, Peter. (1988). Terrorism and literary studies. Textual Practice. 2(1). 1–21. 1 indexed citations
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Widdowson, Peter, et al.. (1986). Popular fictions : essays in Literature and history. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 13 indexed citations
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Widdowson, Peter. (1984). The anti‐history men: Malcolm Bradbury and David Lodge. Critical Quarterly. 26(4). 5–32. 4 indexed citations
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Widdowson, Peter. (1982). Re-reading English. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 25 indexed citations
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Widdowson, Peter. (1977). E. M. Forster's Howards End: Fiction as history. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Widdowson, Peter. (1976). The saloon bar society: Patrick Hamilton's fiction in the 1930s. 20(1). 81–102. 1 indexed citations

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