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.

[1] The journal was founded by David Grossvogel, who served as the Romance Studies chair at Cornell.

[2] Its first issue was published in the Fall of 1971, and Grossvogel served as editor until 1976.

[2] The name “Diacritics” was suggested by Romance Studies professor Emeritus Philip Lewis, who served from 1971 to 1987 as managing and general editor.

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