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University  \nPublished by Routledge, written and produced by The Open University  \n11 New Fetter Lane  \nLondon EC4P 4EE  \nThis edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.  \n“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of [eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk](eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk).”  \nSimultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge  \n29 West 35th Street  \nNew York, NY 10001  \nAll rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without either the prior written permission of the publisher or a licence permitting restricted copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd. Details of such licences (for reprographic reproduction) may be obtained from the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP.  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A handbook to literary research/edited by Simon Eliot and W.R.Owens[p. cm](p. cm).  \nincludes bibliographical references and index.  \n1. Literature-Research-Methodology. 2. Criticism-Authorship  \nI. Eliot, Simon. II. Owens, W.R.  \nPN73 .H36 1999  \n807′.2–dc21 98–41735  \nISBN 0-203-97968-0 Master e-book ISBN  \nISBN 0 415 198593 hardback  \nISBN 0 415 198607 paperback  \nThis book forms part of the Open University course AA810, The Postgraduate Foundation Module in Literature. Details of this and other Open University courses can be obtained from the Course Reservations and Sales Office, PO Box 724, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6ZS, United Kingdom; tel. + 44 (0)1908 653231.  \nFor availability of this and other course components, contact Open University Worldwide Ltd, The Berrill Building, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, United Kingdom; tel. + 44 (0)1908 858585, fax + 44 (0)1908 858787.  \n[email ouwenq@open.ac.uk](email ouwenq@open.ac.uk)  \nAlternatively, much useful course information can be obtained from The Open University’s website: [http://www.open.ac.uk](http://www.open.ac.uk)  \n19142B/aa810hblril.l  \nCONTENTS  \nContributors v  \n1 Introduction to the Handbook 1 Simon Eliot and W.R.Owens  \nPart 1: Tools of the trade  \n2 Research techniques and the use of libraries 9  \nW.R.Owens  \n3 Using the Internet for literary research 16 Simon Eliot  \nPart 2: Textual scholarship and book history  \n4 Bibliography 36 Simon Eliot  \n5 History of the book 47 Simon Eliot  \n6 Editing literary texts 62  \nW.R.Owens  \nPart 3: Literary research and literary theory  \n7 From New Criticism to structuralism 82 Graham Martin  \n8 Literature, gender, feminist criticism 114 Richard Allen  \n9 Deconstruction 128 Stuart Sim  \n10 Reader-response criticism and reception theory 137 Stephen Regan  \n11 New Historicism 148 Graham Martin  \niv  \n12 Post-colonial theory 157 Dennis Walder  \nPart 4: The dissertation  \n13 Planning, writing and presenting a dissertation 169  \nW.R.Owens  \nPart 5: Reference  \n14 Glossary 182 Simon Eliot and W.R.Owens  \n15 Library exercises—model answers 192  \nW.R.Owens  \n16 Checklist of libraries, reference books and other sources 197 Anthony Coulson  \nIndex 226  \nCONTRIBUTORS  \nSimon Eliot is Staff Tutor and Senior Lecturer in Literature at The Open University. He has published extensively on biographical, bibliographical and book history topics from the period 1800–1919. He is currently joint editor of Volume 6 of Cambridge University Press’s History ofthe Book in Britain, an associate editor on the new Dictionary of National Biography, and general editor of The Oxford Companion to the Book.  \nW.R.Owens is Staff Tuto","cbCaihK3DqnwzUvb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihK3DqnwzUvb","pdf",7209510,244,"English","# Introduction to the Handbook\n# Contributors\n# Part 1: Tools of the trade\n## Research techniques and the use of libraries\n## Using the Internet for literary research\n# Part 2: Textual scholarship and book history\n## Bibliography\n## History of the book\n## Editing literary texts\n# Part 3: Literary research and literary theory\n## From New Criticism to structuralism\n## Literature, gender, feminist criticism\n## Deconstruction\n## Reader-response criticism and reception theory\n## New Historicism\n## Post-colonial theory\n# Part 4: The dissertation\n## Planning, writing and presenting a dissertation\n# Part 5: Reference\n## Glossary\n## Library exercises—model answers\n## Checklist of libraries, reference books and other sources\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What research skills does the handbook teach first?\",\"answer\":\"It starts with practical research techniques, including how to use libraries and how to use the Internet for literary research.\"},{\"question\":\"Which topics cover bibliography and the history of the book?\",\"answer\":\"The handbook includes a section on bibliography and another on the history of the book, addressing textual scholarship and related methods.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the handbook support writing a dissertation?\",\"answer\":\"It provides guidance on planning, writing, and presenting a dissertation, and includes reference support such as a glossary, model answers, and checklists of libraries and sources.\"}]","A Handbook to Literary Research - edited by Simon Eliot and W.R. 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