Literary Research Guide

by Harner, James L.

• ISBN13: 9780873525732
• ISBN10: 0873525736
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-08-01
• Publisher: Modern Language Assn of Amer

Summary

James L. Harner's Literary Research Guide, which Choice calls "the standard guide in the field, " evaluates important reference materials in English studies. Since the publication of the first edition in 1989, more than 25,000 students and educators have used the Guide as an aid to scholarly research. In the new edition Hamer has added entries describing resources published since 1992 and has revised nearly half the entries from the second edition. The third edition contains more than 1,200 entries; the annotations discuss an additional 1,331 books, articles, and electronic resources and cite 752 reviews. To keep students and scholars up-to-date with materials issued after the publication of this edition, revisions and additions will be available on the author's Web site (http: //www-english.tamu.edu/pubs/lrg/).

Author Biography

James L. Harner is the Samuel Rhea Gammon Professor of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University, College Station

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii	(2)
Preface to the Second Edition	ix	(2)
Preface to the Third Edition	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
A. Research Methods	5	(3)
B. Guides to Reference Books	8	(5)
C. Literary Handbooks, Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias	13	(4)
D. Bibliographies of Bibliographies	17	(5)
E. Libraries and Library Catalogs	22	(15)
F. Guides to Manuscripts and Archives	37	(8)
G. Serial Bibliographies, Indexes, and Abstracts	45	(19)
H. Guides to Dissertations and Theses	64	(8)
I. Internet Resources	72	(3)
J. Biographical Sources	75	(10)
K. Periodicals	85	(14)
L. Genres	99	(42)
M. English Literature	141	(185)
N. Irish Literature	326	(15)
O. Scottish Literature	341	(9)
P. Welsh Literature	350	(5)
Q. American Literature	355	(131)
R. Other Literatures in English	486	(53)
S. Foreign-Language Literatures	539	(9)
T. Comparative Literature	548	(5)
U. Literature-Related Topics and Sources	553	(156)
Index of Names	709	(19)
Index of Titles	728	(33)
Subject Index	761