TY  - BOOK
AU  - Altick,Richard Daniel
AU  - Fenstermaker,John J.
TI  - The art of literary research
SN  - 0393962407
AV  - PR56 .A68 1993
PY  - 1993///
CY  - New York
PB  - Norton
KW  - English literature
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - American literature
KW  - Literature
KW  - Criticism
KW  - Authorship
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-279) and index; 1. Vocation -- 2. The Spirit of Scholarship. 1. Error: Its Prevalence, Progress, and Persistence. 2. Examining the Evidence. 3. Two Applications of the Critical Spirit: Fixing Dates and Testing Authenticity -- 3. Some Scholarly Occupations. 1. Textual Study. 2. Problems of Authorship. 3. The Search for Origins. 4. Tracing Reputation and Influence. 5. Cultivating a Sense of the Past -- 4. Finding Materials -- 5. Libraries -- 6. Making Notes -- 7. The Philosophy of Composition -- 8. The Scholar's Life
ER  -