Author: William Harmon Publisher: ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 700
Book Description
This comprehensive book is the definitive reference on literature and literary criticism in English. This easy to use, alphabetically arranged reference source covers over 2,000 terms, including those from computing and information management as well as film, radio, TV, printing, linguistics, music, graphic arts, and classical studies.
Author: Delia da Sousa Correa Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135219125 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 269
Book Description
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.
Author: Sarah Bonato Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1538100657 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 279
Book Description
Searching the Grey Literature is for librarians interested in learning more about grey literature. If you have ever been asked for a grey literature search but didn’t know where to start, this book will help you craft your search successfully. If you are an expert searcher but find that your library patrons are unfamiliar with the vast body of grey literature, this book may be a useful teaching aid. Those that are both new arrivals and established professionals in the field of librarianship will learn much about grey literature from reading this book, and hopefully acquire new search skills and knowledge. Although a wide range of different types of librarians or information professionals may find the content of this book useful, those working in the areas of health or social science will benefit the most from the book’s content. Searching the Grey Literature discuss different aspects of grey literature, including an introduction to grey literature, the value of grey literature, search sources for grey literature and how to conduct needs assessment before beginning a grey literature search. Search techniques for identifying grey literature documents, selecting and evaluating grey literature search sources and best searching practices are also discussed in detail.
Author: Wilfred L. Guerin Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 452
Book Description
Using classic works such as To His Coy Mistress, Hamlet, Huckleberry Finn, Young Goodman Brown, Everyday Use, and Frankenstein as tools to introduce students to various critical theories, this book demonstrates how different approaches to an array of readings enrich the total response to and understanding of the individual work.
Author: Paul Oliver Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK) ISBN: 033524369X Category : Study Aids Languages : en Pages : 162
Book Description
"An excellent and accessible text that will help all students and scholars to develop a strong review and enable them to outline and analyse the key ideas for their study. The structure of the book is really well thought out and the chapters are written in a way which readers will find helpful and easy to understand. I would highly recommend this book to research students." Professor Mark Brundrett, Liverpool John Moores University, UK This step-by-step handbook provides comprehensive and practical guidance on the process of researching a range of relevant literature on a subject, as well as planning and writing a literature review. The book takes a student friendly approach to offer complete novices a simple review of a process which is often central to producing a research study. Succeeding with your Literature Review will enable you to: Design a literature review which is related to the main facets of a research project Conduct a logically-planned search for relevant literature Determine which literature is most suited to inclusion in your study Analyse the literature, drawing comparisons and connections where appropriate Appraise the strengths and weaknesses of relevant literature Write logically and rationally about the key features of literature Write a literature review in a sound academic style Understand how to relate a literature review to other elements of your study or dissertation Written by an author with extensive experience of supervising and examining undergraduate, Masters and doctoral dissertations, this book covers the latest trends, such as: RSS feeds, wikis, grey literature, blogs and forms of open access publishing. The book also includes examples of common pitfalls, good practice, key terms and questions to reinforce student learning and reflection. Succeeding with your Literature Review is relevant in all subject areas and is essential reading for third year undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Author: Herbert Jennings Rose Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers ISBN: 9780865163171 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 596
Book Description
This handbook is a study of Latin literature, including not only the classical and post-classical pagan authors, but also a representative selection of the Christian writers down to the death of St. Augustine.
Author: Clarence Hugh Holman
Author: C. Hugh Holman
Author: William Harmon
Author: Delia da Sousa Correa
Author: Sarah Bonato
Author: Wilfred L. Guerin
Author: Paul Oliver
Author: Herbert Jennings Rose
Author: C. Hugh Holman
Author: Richard C. Guches