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The Handbook to Literary Research /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Routledge, 2019.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 257 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780367331306
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 807.2  DAS
Contents:
Contents Contributors 1 Introduction to the Handbook STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE HANDBOOK Part 1: tools of the trade Parts 2 and 3: textual scholarship and book history/issues and approaches in literary research Part 4: planning and completing a research project Part 5: reference THE HANDBOOK AND HOW TO USE IT Guided reading Questions and exercises Textual examples ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Part 1 Tools of the trade 2 Tools and techniques for literary research INTRODUCTION Contents of this chapter SECTION 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF POSTGRADUATE LITERARY RESEARCH Best practice Getting started with the Internet Using Google Wikipedia and evaluating data Bookmarking and managing references Citing sources SECTION 2: TYPES OF MATERIAL General guides and reference works Indexes and abstracts Library catalogues Primary sources and eBooks Newspapers: electronic and printed sources Full-text journal articles Relevant multimedia material available online Finding and using libraries Major national libraries Finding your way around a library Archives and preparation for future research Identifying archives: using electronic tools Accessing and using archives: practical advice Participating in a research community, and keeping up to date Participating in a research community: expenses and benefits Presentations, workshops, networking Keeping abreast of developments: best practice QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES SELECTED READING Part 2 Textual scholarship and book history 3 Bibliography INTRODUCTION WHAT IS BIBLIOGRAPHY? Enumerative bibliography Analytical bibliography Descriptive bibliography Historical bibliography QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES SELECTED READING Introduction Enumerative bibliography Analytical bibliography Descriptive bibliography 4 History of the book INTRODUCTION ASPECTS OF BOOK HISTORY 1 History of authorship 2 History of publishing 3 History of book production 4 History of distribution 5 History of reading 6 History of libraries and archives QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES SELECTED READING Introduction History of authorship History of publishing History of book production History of distribution History of reading History of libraries and archives 5 Editing literary texts WHY LITERARY TEXTS NEED TO BE EDITED Hamlet facsimiles Moll Flanders facsimiles HOW EDITORS PREPARE SCHOLARLY EDITIONS Collation of texts Selection of a copy-text Emendation of the copy-text Explanation of the text ‘INTENTIONALIST’ AND ‘SOCIAL PROCESS’ THEORIES OF EDITING QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES SELECTED READING Part 3 Issues and approaches in literary research 6 Institutional histories of literar y disciplines ENGLISH LITERATURE COMPARATIVE LITERATURE QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES English literature Comparative literature 7 The place of theory in literary disciplines THE TRAVELS OF THEORY TRACING TERMS IN THEORY The literary text Culture Identity THEORY TEXTBOOKS QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES SELECTED READING 8 Literary research and interdisciplinarity THE CONFLICT OF THE FACULTIES FROM LITERARY TO CULTURAL STUDIES INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO LITERARY TEXTS CONCLUSION Questions an D Exercises SELECTED READING 9 Literary research and other media CASE STUDY 1: LITERATURE AND MUSIC Michael Berkeley and David Malouf, Jane Eyre: An Opera in Two Acts (2000) CASE STUDY 2: LITERATURE AND PAINTING Ford Madox Ford in Colour, by Sara Haslam CASE STUDY 3: LITERATURE AND FILM Reading film: An Angel at My Table by Derek Neale QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES SELECTED READING 10 Literary research and translation TRANSLATION AND GLOBALISATION What translation involves Assessing translation TRANSLATION STUDIES TRANSLATION EQUIVALENCE NORMS AND ETHICS ANCIENT AND MODERN POSTCOLONIAL TRANSLATION TRANSLATION AS MEMORIALISATION QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES SELECTED READING Part 4 Planning and completing a research project 11 Planning, writing and presenting a dissertation or thesis DECIDING ON A TOPIC TURNING A TOPIC INTO AN ARGUMENT WORKING OUT A STRUCTURE PREPARING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL WRITING YOUR DISSERTATION OR THESIS PRESENTING YOUR DISSERTATION OR THESIS Format of text Setting out references The ‘running notes’ referencing system Examples of first references to books Examples of references to chapters or articles in books Examples of references to articles in journals Examples of references to online publications Limiting and abbreviating references The ‘author-page’ system OTHER PARTS OF THE DISSERTATION OR THESIS SELECTED READING Part 5 Reference 12 Glossary SELECTED READING 13 Checklist of libraries, print, online and other research resources HOW TO USE THE CHECKLIST PART 1: FINDING AND USING LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS Locating research library holdings Locating museums, archives and other collections PART 2: FINDING AND SEARCHING LITERARY TEXTS Pre-1800 publications Nineteenth-century publications Pre-1900 periodicals Post-1900 publications Manuscripts PART 3: FINDING AND SEARCHING REFERENCE RESOURCES AND CRITICAL TEXTS General bibliographic guides to published work Literary bibliographies, surveys Journals, periodicals, book reviews Theses, research documents, conference papers PART 4: INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR FACTS AND DETAILS Dictionaries General Abbreviations Allusions, phrases, proverbs, quotations Antonyms, synonyms, metaphor, metonymy Literary terms Encyclopaedias Biographical information, diaries, autobiographies Further reference resources Literature and literary theory Book history Classical Religious Media and performance: images, sound, theatre, film, TV and radio Index
Summary: The Handbook to Literary Research is a practical guide for students embarking on postgraduate work in Literary Studies. It introduces and explains research techniques, methodologies and approaches to information resources, paying careful attention to the differences between countries and institutions, and providing a range of key examples. This fully updated second edition is divided into five sections which cover: tools of the trade – a brand new chapter outlining how to make the most of literary resources textual scholarship and book history – explains key concepts and variations in editing, publishing and bibliography issues and approaches in literary research – presents a critical overview of theoretical approaches essential to literary studies the dissertation – demonstrates how to approach, plan and write this important research exercise glossary – provides comprehensive explanations of key terms, and a checklist of resources. Packed with useful tips and exercises and written by scholars with extensive experience as teachers and researchers in the field, this volume is the ideal Handbook for those beginning postgraduate research in literature.
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Contents
Contributors
1 Introduction to the Handbook
STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE HANDBOOK
Part 1: tools of the trade
Parts 2 and 3: textual scholarship and book history/issues and approaches in literary research
Part 4: planning and completing a research project
Part 5: reference
THE HANDBOOK AND HOW TO USE IT
Guided reading
Questions and exercises
Textual examples
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Part 1 Tools of the trade
2 Tools and techniques for literary research
INTRODUCTION
Contents of this chapter
SECTION 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF POSTGRADUATE LITERARY RESEARCH
Best practice
Getting started with the Internet
Using Google
Wikipedia and evaluating data
Bookmarking and managing references
Citing sources
SECTION 2: TYPES OF MATERIAL
General guides and reference works
Indexes and abstracts
Library catalogues
Primary sources and eBooks
Newspapers: electronic and printed sources
Full-text journal articles
Relevant multimedia material available online
Finding and using libraries
Major national libraries
Finding your way around a library
Archives and preparation for future research
Identifying archives: using electronic tools
Accessing and using archives: practical advice
Participating in a research community, and keeping up to date
Participating in a research community: expenses and benefits
Presentations, workshops, networking
Keeping abreast of developments: best practice
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
SELECTED READING
Part 2 Textual scholarship and book history
3 Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS BIBLIOGRAPHY?
Enumerative bibliography
Analytical bibliography
Descriptive bibliography
Historical bibliography
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
SELECTED READING
Introduction
Enumerative bibliography
Analytical bibliography
Descriptive bibliography
4 History of the book
INTRODUCTION
ASPECTS OF BOOK HISTORY
1 History of authorship
2 History of publishing
3 History of book production
4 History of distribution
5 History of reading
6 History of libraries and archives
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
SELECTED READING
Introduction
History of authorship
History of publishing
History of book production
History of distribution
History of reading
History of libraries and archives
5 Editing literary texts
WHY LITERARY TEXTS NEED TO BE EDITED
Hamlet facsimiles
Moll Flanders facsimiles
HOW EDITORS PREPARE SCHOLARLY EDITIONS
Collation of texts
Selection of a copy-text
Emendation of the copy-text
Explanation of the text
‘INTENTIONALIST’ AND ‘SOCIAL PROCESS’ THEORIES OF EDITING
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
SELECTED READING
Part 3 Issues and approaches in literary research
6 Institutional histories of literar y disciplines
ENGLISH LITERATURE
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
English literature
Comparative literature
7 The place of theory in literary disciplines
THE TRAVELS OF THEORY
TRACING TERMS IN THEORY
The literary text
Culture
Identity
THEORY TEXTBOOKS
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
SELECTED READING
8 Literary research and interdisciplinarity
THE CONFLICT OF THE FACULTIES
FROM LITERARY TO CULTURAL STUDIES
INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO LITERARY TEXTS
CONCLUSION
Questions an D Exercises
SELECTED READING
9 Literary research and other media
CASE STUDY 1: LITERATURE AND MUSIC
Michael Berkeley and David Malouf, Jane Eyre: An Opera in Two Acts (2000)
CASE STUDY 2: LITERATURE AND PAINTING
Ford Madox Ford in Colour, by Sara Haslam
CASE STUDY 3: LITERATURE AND FILM
Reading film: An Angel at My Table by Derek Neale
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
SELECTED READING
10 Literary research and translation
TRANSLATION AND GLOBALISATION
What translation involves
Assessing translation
TRANSLATION STUDIES
TRANSLATION EQUIVALENCE
NORMS AND ETHICS
ANCIENT AND MODERN
POSTCOLONIAL TRANSLATION
TRANSLATION AS MEMORIALISATION
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
SELECTED READING
Part 4 Planning and completing a research project
11 Planning, writing and presenting a dissertation or thesis
DECIDING ON A TOPIC
TURNING A TOPIC INTO AN ARGUMENT
WORKING OUT A STRUCTURE
PREPARING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL
WRITING YOUR DISSERTATION OR THESIS
PRESENTING YOUR DISSERTATION OR THESIS
Format of text
Setting out references
The ‘running notes’ referencing system
Examples of first references to books
Examples of references to chapters or articles in books
Examples of references to articles in journals
Examples of references to online publications
Limiting and abbreviating references
The ‘author-page’ system
OTHER PARTS OF THE DISSERTATION OR THESIS
SELECTED READING
Part 5 Reference
12 Glossary
SELECTED READING
13 Checklist of libraries, print, online and other research resources
HOW TO USE THE CHECKLIST
PART 1: FINDING AND USING LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS
Locating research library holdings
Locating museums, archives and other collections
PART 2: FINDING AND SEARCHING LITERARY TEXTS
Pre-1800 publications
Nineteenth-century publications
Pre-1900 periodicals
Post-1900 publications
Manuscripts
PART 3: FINDING AND SEARCHING REFERENCE RESOURCES AND CRITICAL TEXTS
General bibliographic guides to published work
Literary bibliographies, surveys
Journals, periodicals, book reviews
Theses, research documents, conference papers
PART 4: INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR FACTS AND DETAILS
Dictionaries
General
Abbreviations
Allusions, phrases, proverbs, quotations
Antonyms, synonyms, metaphor, metonymy
Literary terms
Encyclopaedias
Biographical information, diaries, autobiographies
Further reference resources
Literature and literary theory
Book history
Classical
Religious
Media and performance: images, sound, theatre, film, TV and radio
Index

The Handbook to Literary Research is a practical guide for students embarking on postgraduate work in Literary Studies. It introduces and explains research techniques, methodologies and approaches to information resources, paying careful attention to the differences between countries and institutions, and providing a range of key examples. This fully updated second edition is divided into five sections which cover: tools of the trade – a brand new chapter outlining how to make the most of literary resources textual scholarship and book history – explains key concepts and variations in editing, publishing and bibliography issues and approaches in literary research – presents a critical overview of theoretical approaches essential to literary studies the dissertation – demonstrates how to approach, plan and write this important research exercise glossary – provides comprehensive explanations of key terms, and a checklist of resources. Packed with useful tips and exercises and written by scholars with extensive experience as teachers and researchers in the field, this volume is the ideal Handbook for those beginning postgraduate research in literature.

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