Joe, There is of course some silliness involved in any rankings, but these
US News rankings are one place to start (with a few surprises in the top
spots, like Maryland or Michigan):

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/postbellum-american-literature-rankings

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/antebellum-american-literature-rankings

-hb

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Joseph Csicsila <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> A colleague asked me earlier today what I thought were the best PhD
> programs in American literature these days.  Any thoughts?
>
> Are there programs that still specialize in the pre- or post-Civil War
> periods? It's been so long since I've thought about these things that the
> question kinda caught me off guard.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Joe Csicsila
>



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