This guide is designed to help you get started with your library research.

Click on any of the tabs above to find information about how to locate English Literature related books, journal articles, websites and more

What are Secondary Sources?  Journal articles & chapters etc... written about a work of literature and offering a critical view of that work are called literary criticism.

What are Primary Sources?  Original works of literature and uninterpreted information about an event or period of time.

Beware Wikipedia! It can't be cited in academic essays (avoid sites where authors aren't accountable for contributions). 

Evaluate! Evaluate! Evaluate!
Don't believe everything you read.

Avoid Plaigiarism
That's using an author's work or ideas without referencing it (yes, even if it's not directly quoted & you've changed the words)

'New Titles Received' Lists 

A short guide to writing about history - Richard Marius & Melvin E. Page

ISBN: 0205673708

An ideal accessory in any history course that requires writing, A Short Guide to Writing About History stresses thinking and writing like a historian. This engaging and practical little text helps the readers get beyond merely compiling dates and facts; it teaches them how to incorporate their own ideas into their papers and to tell a story about history that interests them and their peers.

Postcolonial literatures in context - Julie Mullaney

Call Number: 820 MULL

ISBN: 1847063373

A clear, accessible and concise introduction to postcolonial literatures in English... It begins by introducing key issues involved in the study of postcolonial literature including old and new diasporas, postcolonial nationalisms, indigenous identities and politics and globalization. Close readings of commonly studied texts from and about Africa, Australia, Canada, Palestine and South Asian diasporas highlight critical questions and ways of reading postcolonial texts.

Starting an English literature degree - Andrew Green

ISBN: 0230211836

'This unusual, detailed & thought-provoking book will help students of English Literature come to grips with their studies & take a share of responsibility for their own learning. It thus has the potential to make a major impact on the way English is studied.' Professor Knights1. Initial bearings 2. Teaching and learning at university 3. Independent study 4. Seminars and workshops 5. Lectures 6. Reading 7. Writing 8. Using ICT 9. Final thoughts

The handbook to literary research - Delia da Sousa Correa & W. R. Owens (ed)

ISBN: 0415497329

A practical guide for students embarking on postgraduate work in Literary Studies. It introduces and explains research techniques, methodologies and approaches to information resources, paying careful attention to the differences between countries and institutions, and providing a range of key examples

Think on my words : exploring Shakespeare's language - David Crystal

ISBN: 0521700353

'You speak a language that I understand not.' Hermione's words to Leontes in The Winter's Tale are likely to ring true with many people reading or watching Shakespeare's plays today. For decades, people have been studying Shakespeare's life & times, & in recent years there has been a renewed surge of interest in aspects of his language. So how can we better understand Shakespeare? How did he manipulate language to produce such an unrivaled body of work, which has enthralled generations both as theatre & as literature?

 

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