Literary research and the British Renaissance and early modern period : strategies and sources / Jennifer Bowers, Peggy Keeran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowers, Jennifer, 1962-

Contributor:

Keeran, Peggy, 1959-

Series:

Literary research ; no. 8.

Literary research : strategies and sources ; no. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--Research--Methodology.

English literature.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--Information resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This guide provides the best practices and reference resources, both print and electronic, that can be used in conducting research on literature of the British Renaissance and Early Modern Period. This volume seeks to address specific research characteristics integral to studying the period, including a more inclusive canon and the predominance of Shakespeare.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Basics of Online Searching; Chapter Two. General Literary Reference Resources; Chapter Three. Library Catalogs; Chapter Four. Print and Electronic Bibliographies, Indexes, and Annual Reviews; Chapter Five. Scholarly Journals; Chapter Six. Seventeenth-Century Periodicals; Chapter Seven. Contemporary Reception; Chapter Eight. Manuscripts and Archives; Chapter Nine. Genre; Chapter Ten. Translations and Lexicons; Chapter Eleven. Microforms and Digital Collections; Chapter Twelve. Web Resources; Chapter Thirteen. Researching a Thorny Problem

BibliographyIndex; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

979-82-16-28539-7

1-282-56151-0

9786612561511

0-8108-7428-8

OCLC:

700699486