William C. Spengemann

630 total citations
22 papers, 193 citations indexed

About

William C. Spengemann is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, History and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, William C. Spengemann has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 193 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 2 papers in History and 1 paper in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in William C. Spengemann's work include American Literature and Humor Studies (6 papers), American and British Literature Analysis (6 papers) and Themes in Literature Analysis (2 papers). William C. Spengemann is often cited by papers focused on American Literature and Humor Studies (6 papers), American and British Literature Analysis (6 papers) and Themes in Literature Analysis (2 papers). William C. Spengemann collaborates with scholars based in . William C. Spengemann's co-authors include J. B. Schneewind, Terence Martin, James Olney, David S. Shields, Emory Elliott and Thomas Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as The William and Mary Quarterly, MLN and American Literature.

In The Last Decade

William C. Spengemann

16 papers receiving 79 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William C. Spengemann 8 93 39 35 32 21 22 193
Edward Wagenknecht United States 8 99 1.1× 37 0.9× 41 1.2× 15 0.5× 13 0.6× 55 198
Kathleen Ashley United States 7 57 0.6× 49 1.3× 41 1.2× 23 0.7× 20 1.0× 20 199
Paul Alpers United States 9 134 1.4× 42 1.1× 52 1.5× 41 1.3× 10 0.5× 28 289
John Plotz United States 7 102 1.1× 57 1.5× 45 1.3× 19 0.6× 20 1.0× 26 202
Joan DeJean United States 9 91 1.0× 31 0.8× 54 1.5× 77 2.4× 15 0.7× 41 230
Leslie W. Rabine United States 7 70 0.8× 68 1.7× 29 0.8× 53 1.7× 18 0.9× 21 234
Harriet Beecher Stowe Brunei 7 72 0.8× 58 1.5× 36 1.0× 15 0.5× 29 1.4× 32 164
Amritjit Singh Eritrea 5 70 0.8× 74 1.9× 20 0.6× 12 0.4× 45 2.1× 15 162
Ian F. A. Bell United Kingdom 6 155 1.7× 42 1.1× 38 1.1× 14 0.4× 17 0.8× 32 232
David Leverenz United States 8 78 0.8× 34 0.9× 41 1.2× 17 0.5× 19 0.9× 22 190

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spengemann, William C.. (2010). Three American Poets. University of Notre Dame Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Spengemann, William C.. (1999). Melville the Poet. American Literary History. 11(4). 569–609. 13 indexed citations
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Spengemann, William C., et al.. (1996). Nineteenth-century American poetry. 4 indexed citations
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Spengemann, William C., et al.. (1995). A New World of Words: Redefining Early American Literature.. American Literature. 67(1). 143–143. 5 indexed citations
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Elliott, Emory & William C. Spengemann. (1995). A New World of Words: Redefining Early American Literature.. The William and Mary Quarterly. 52(2). 327–327. 2 indexed citations
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Spengemann, William C.. (1994). A new world of words: redefining early American literature. Choice Reviews Online. 32(4). 32–2001. 34 indexed citations
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Spengemann, William C.. (1993). Early American Literature and the Project of Literary History. American Literary History. 5(3). 512–541. 1 indexed citations
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Spengemann, William C., et al.. (1990). A Mirror for Americanists: Reflections on the Idea of American Literature. South Atlantic Review. 55(4). 145–145. 5 indexed citations
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Spengemann, William C.. (1985). American Writers and English Literature. ELH. 52(1). 209–209. 2 indexed citations
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Spengemann, William C.. (1984). The Earliest American Novel: Aphra Behn's Oroonoko. Nineteenth-century fiction. 38(4). 384–414. 14 indexed citations
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Spengemann, William C.. (1984). The Earliest American Novel: Aphra Behn's Oroonoko. Nineteenth-Century Fiction. 38(4). 384–414. 2 indexed citations
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Olney, James, et al.. (1982). Autobiography in the Aftermath of Romanticism. diacritics. 12(4). 2–2. 9 indexed citations
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Spengemann, William C.. (1982). Three Blind Men and an Elephant: The Problem of Nineteenth-Century English. New Literary History. 14(1). 155–155. 1 indexed citations
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Spengemann, William C.. (1981). : The Development of American Romance: The Sacrifice of Relation. . Michael Davitt Bell.. Nineteenth-Century Fiction. 36(2). 201–205.
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Smith, Thomas, et al.. (1981). Writing on Written Lives. The Hudson Review. 34(2). 290–290. 1 indexed citations
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Spengemann, William C.. (1980). The forms of autobiography: Episodes in the history of a literary genre. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 56 indexed citations
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Schneewind, J. B. & William C. Spengemann. (1980). The Forms of Autobiography. MLN. 95(5). 1392–1392. 15 indexed citations
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Martin, Terence & William C. Spengemann. (1978). The Adventurous Muse: The Poetics of American Fiction, 1789-1900.. American Literature. 49(4). 649–649. 13 indexed citations
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Spengemann, William C., et al.. (1978). The Adventurous Muse: The Poetics of American Fiction, 1789-1900. 5(1). 105–105.
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Spengemann, William C.. (1966). Mark Twain and the Backwoods Angel: The Matter of Innocence in the Works of Samuel L. Clemens. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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