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{{short description|Journal}}
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{{Infobox journal
| title = Diacritics
| cover = [[File:Diacoversmall.gif|border]]
| editor = Andrea Bachner
| discipline = [[Literature]], [[literary criticism]]
| abbreviation = Diacritics
| publisher = [[Johns Hopkins University Press]] on behalf of [[Cornell University]] Department of Romance Studies
| country = United States
| frequency = Quarterly
| history = 1971–present
| openaccess = 
| impact = 
| impact-year = 
| website = https://romancestudies.cornell.edu/diacritics/
| link1 = http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/diacritics/
| link1-name = Journal page
| link1-at = publisher's website
| link2 = http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/diacritics/
| link2-name = Journal page
| link2-at = [[Project MUSE]]
| JSTOR = 03007162
| OCLC = 31870435
| LCCN = 76645621
| CODEN = 
| ISSN = 0300-7162
| eISSN = 1080-6539
}}
'''''Diacritics''''' is a quarterly [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] [[academic journal]] established in 1971 at [[Cornell University]] and published by the [[Johns Hopkins University Press]]. Articles serve to review recent literature in the field of [[literary criticism]], and have covered topics in [[gender studies]], [[political theory]], [[psychoanalysis]], [[queer theory]], and other areas. The [[editor-in-chief]] is Andrea Bachner (Cornell University).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-27 |title=A Time for Change: Andrea Bachner takes the helm of diacritics: A Review of Contemporary Criticism {{!}} Department of Romance Studies |url=https://romancestudies.cornell.edu/news/time-change-andrea-bachner-takes-helm-diacritics-review-contemporary-criticism |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=romancestudies.cornell.edu |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
The journal was founded by David Grossvogel, who served as the Romance Studies chair at Cornell.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Diacritics at 40: Redesigned literary journal archives its past {{!}} Cornell Chronicle |url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2012/09/40-year-old-diacritics-journal-redesigned-archived |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=news.cornell.edu |language=en}}</ref> Its first issue was published in the Fall of 1971, and Grossvogel served as editor until 1976.<ref name=":0" />

The name “Diacritics” was suggested by Romance Studies professor Emeritus Philip Lewis, who served from 1971 to 1987 as managing and general editor.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://romancestudies.cornell.edu/diacritics/}}

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[[Category:Cornell University academic journals]]
[[Category:Literary magazines published in the United States]]
[[Category:Academic journals established in 1971]]
[[Category:Johns Hopkins University Press academic journals]]
[[Category:English-language journals]]
[[Category:Literary criticism]]
[[Category:Quarterly journals]]
[[Category:1971 establishments in New York (state)]]


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