Research Methods for English Studies / / Gabriele Griffin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Griffin, Gabriele,
• MitwirkendeR: Alsop, Rachel,; Belsey, Catherine,; Cook, Jon,; Deegan, Marilyn,; Evans, Mary,; Griffin, Gabriele,; Hudson, Pat,; Rose, Gillian,; Steedman, Carolyn,; Summerfield, Penny,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities : RMAH
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)

Introduces readers to a wide range of research methods for use in English StudiesGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748683437','ISBN:9780748683444']);With a revised Introduction and with all chapters revised to bring them completely up-to date, this new edition remains the leading guide to research methods for final-year undergraduates, postgraduates taking Masters degrees and PhDs students of 19th- and 20th-century Literary Studies.Written by a range of distinguished contributors, each chapter centres on one particular method, offering both concrete practical advice on how to utilise it and exploring some of the methodological issues that are involved in the use of the particular method. The chapters cover research methods familiar to English scholars such as textual analysis, as well as those less commonly explored such as visual and quantitative methods, which also contribute significantly to research in English Studies. Other approaches discussed include auto/biographical methods, discourse analysis, interviewing, archival methods, ethnographic methods, oral history, creative writing as a research method, and research using information and communication technologies (ICTS).Key FeaturesOpens students minds to alternative research methodsIntroduces the research methodological vocabulary essential for describing methods used in a thesis and submitting good funding applicationsIntroduces debates surrounding the methods, encouraging professional development and engagement with the overall research context in nineteenth- and twentieth-century English StudiesOffers concrete examples of how methods might be used in English research"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Research Methods for English Studies: An Introduction -- 2. Archival Methods -- 3. Auto/biography as a Research Method -- 4. Oral History as a Research Method -- 5. Visual Methodologies -- 6. Discourse Analysis -- 7. The Uses of Ethnographic Methods in English Studies -- 8. Numbers and Words: Quantitative Methods for Scholars of Texts -- 9. Textual Analysis as a Research Method -- 10. Interviewing -- 11. Creative Writing as a Research Method -- 12. English Research Methods and the Digital Humanities -- Notes on Contributors -- Index