Literary research and the American modernist era
Subtitle: strategies and sources
By: Robert N. Matuozzi and Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay.
Contributors: Lindsay, Elizabeth Blakesley.
Series: Literary research: strategies and sources -- no. 3
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780810861169
Subjects: Modernism (Literature) -- United States -- Research -- Methodology; Modernism (Literature) -- United States -- Bibliography -- Methodology; American literature -- 20th century -- Research -- Methodology; American literature -- 20th century -- Bibliography -- Methodology; American literature -- 20th century -- Information resources; Modernism (Literature) -- United States -- Information resources
Genres: Research; Bibliography
Description: "Characterized by its move away from Romanticism and toward mundane, every day subjects, as well as incorporating such ideas as metanarrative, stream of consciousness, and disjointed timelines, the American Modernist Era was at its heyday during the years 1914-1949. It produced such great authors as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and memorable works like As I Lay Dying and The Great Gatsby.

Literary Research and the American Modernist Era offers the scholar and researcher a clear introduction to the best contemporary library resources and practices for researching American modernist writing. Graduate students, advanced undergraduates, researchers, and scholars specializing in American modernist writing will improve their information skills and fluency, whether in the real or the virtual library. Even those lacking access to some of the resources described here can profit from this overview of literary research because it will help them frame questions, indicate where to go for answers, and demonstrate useful connections between many of the secondary scholarly sources. This guide offers a coherent account of how contemporary research skills and resources can complement one another in helping the scholar effectively deal with typical challenges they encounter in their work.--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.