| Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies |  | Author: James L. Harner
Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
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ISBN: 0873528085
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Product Description
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, tens of thousands of students and educators have used the Guide as an aid to scholarly research.
In the new edition Harner has added entries describing resources published since May 2001 and has revised nearly half the entries from the fourth edition. The fifth edition contains more than 1,000 entries, which discuss an additional 1,555 books, articles, and electronic resources and cite 723 reviews. Readers of earlier editions will notice the inclusion of substantially more electronic resources, particularly reliable sites sponsored by academic institutions and learned societies, to account for the proliferation of bibliographic databases, text archives, and other online resources. This edition also features a new section on cultural studies.
The annotations for each work
- describe its type, its scope, its major limitations, and its organization
- present parts of a typical entry
- list the type and number of indexes
- evaluate coverage, organization, and accuracy
- explain its uses in research
- cite significant reviews that more fully define the importance or uses of the work or its place in the scholarly tradition
- note related works, including supplementary, complementary, or superseded ones not accorded separate entries in the Guide
The Guide concludes with name, title, and subject indexes.
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An absolute must for community library reference collections focusing on literary studies August 10, 2008
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
With well over eight hundred pages, MLA's "Literary Research Guide" is a complete and comprehensive guide for researchers who study literature. This new fifth edition boasts over 1,000 entries, which inform readers about countless books and other pieces of written media. Also sporting new chapters on cultural studies, "Literary Research Guide" leaves out little on every item discussed. An absolute must for community library reference collections focusing on literary studies, and highly recommended for college libraries as well.
Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year December 27, 2008
James Harner
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TLS Books of the Year
The 5th edition of Harner's Literary Research Guide was named one of the Time's Literary Supplement's Books of the Year (scroll to the bottom of this link): http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25360-2653146_10,00.html
must-have for students of literature May 17, 2004
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Harner's most recent edition is the "bible" for those studying literature and/or related disciplines. An absolute must-have for graduate students in literature, women's studies, ethnic studies, and other textually-based disciplines.
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