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The art of literary research / Richard D. Altick and John J. Fenstermaker. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Norton, (c)1993.Edition: forth editionDescription: xii, 353 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393962406
Report number: 91036247Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR56
  • PR56.F341.A786 1993
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Contents:
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.
Subject: 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.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction PR33.A4 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001484845

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.

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.

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