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Book SynopsisLiterary Research and British Postmodernism is a guide for scholars that aims to connect the complex relationships between print and multimedia, technological advancements, and the influence of critical theory that converge in postwar British literature. This era is unique in that strict boundaries between fiction, nonfiction, multimedia and print are not useful. Postmodern literature is defined by the breaking down of boundaries as a reaction to modernism and requires an innovative, multifaceted approach to research. In this guide the authors explore these complex relationships and offer strategies for researching this new period of literature. This book takes a holistic approach to postmodern literature that recognizes the way in which digital media, film, critical theory, popular music and more traditional print sources are inextricably linked. Through this approach, the authors present a broad view of postmodernism that includes a wide variety of British authors writing in the l
Trade ReviewMcCafferty and Hartsell-Gundy intend their book to be a guide to the various methods and resources needed to conduct literary research on aspects of British postmodernism. They acknowledge the difficulty of defining both the meaning and origins of postmodernism (but fix its ranges from 1956 to the present) and denote British to mean authors from the UK and Ireland, although the authors also include a few ‘colonies of significance.’.... Separate chapters outline particular resource types (encyclopedias, bibliographic tools, library catalogs, etc.) and discuss searching techniques for each. Others focus on scholarly journals, contemporary reviews, periodicals, manuscripts and archives, multimedia resources, critical theory, and miscellaneous web resources.... [C]ollections, instructors and literary studies majors may find it helpful. Summing Up: Undergraduates; professionals/practitioners. * CHOICE *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Basics of Online Searching Chapter 2: General Literary Reference Sources Chapter 3: Library Catalogs Chapter 4: Print and Electronic Bibliographies, Indexes, and Annual Reviews Chapter 5: Scholarly Journals Chapter 6: Contemporary Reviews Chapter 7: Newspapers, Periodicals, Literary Magazines, Zines, and Microforms Chapter 8: Manuscripts, Archives, and Digital Collections Chapter 9: Multimedia and Performance Art Chapter 10: Critical Theory Chapter 11: Other Web Resources Chapter 12: Researching a Thorny Problem Appendix Index About the Authors
