| Description |
xii, 353 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Vocation -- 2. The Spirit of Scholarship. 1. Error: Its Prevalence, Progress, and Persistence. 2. Examining the Evidence. 3. Two Applications of the Critical Spirit: Fixing Dates and Testing Authenticity -- 3. Some Scholarly Occupations. 1. Textual Study. 2. Problems of Authorship. 3. The Search for Origins. 4. Tracing Reputation and Influence. 5. Cultivating a Sense of the Past -- 4. Finding Materials -- 5. Libraries -- 6. Making Notes -- 7. The Philosophy of Composition -- 8. The Scholar's Life |
| Summary |
Presents a guide to the purposes, methods, and pleasures of research in English and American literature. Traces recent developments in the field, including the use of the computer to gather and store information and the ongoing revision of the literary canon under the impact of women's studies, African-American studies, and other movements |
| Analysis |
Literature Research |
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Literature Research |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1981 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-279) and index |
| Subject |
American literature -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Criticism -- Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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American literature -- Research -- Methodology.
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English literature -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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English literature -- Research -- Methodology.
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Literature -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Criticism -- Authorship.
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Literature -- Research -- Methodology.
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| SUBJECT |
English-speaking countries -- Intellectual life http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114944 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001300
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Fenstermaker, John J.
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| LC no. |
91036247 |
| ISBN |
0393962407 |
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