Research Methods for English Studies

Contents: Acknowledgements. 1. Research methods for English studies: an introduction/Gabriele Griffin. 2. Archival methods/Carolyn Steedman. 3. Auto/biography as a research method/Mary Evans. 4. Oral history as a research method/Penny Summerfield. 5. Visual methodologies/Gillian Rose. 6. Discourse analysis/Gabriele Griffin. 7. The uses of ethnographic methods in English studies/Rachel Alsop. 8. Numbers and words: quantitative methods for scholars of texts/Pat Hudson. 9. Textual analysis as a research method/Catherine Belsey. 10. Interviewing/Gabriele Griffin. 11. Creative writing as a research method/Jon Cook. 12. ICT as a research method/Harold Short and Marliyn Deegan. Notes on contributors. Index.

"The book covers methods familiar to many English scholars as well as those less commonly explored which also contribute significantly to research in English studies. Bringing together a range of distinguished contributors, each chapter focuses on one particular method, offering both concrete practical advice on how to utilize it and exploring some of the methodological issues that are involved in the use of the particular method." (jacket)