Literary research and the era of American nationalism and romanticism
Subtitle: strategy and sources
By: Angela Courtney.
Series: Literary research -- no. 2
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780810860353
Subjects: American literature -- 19th century -- Research -- Methodology; American literature -- 1783-1850 -- Research -- Methodology; Nationalism and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Research -- Methodology; Romanticism -- United States -- Research -- Methodology; American literature -- 19th century -- Information resources; American literature -- 1783-1850 -- Information resources; Nationalism and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Information resources; Romanticism -- United States -- Information resources
Description: "Literary Research and the Era of American, Nationalism and Romanticism: Strategies and Sources examines literary and affiliated resources dealing with literature produced in the early years of American nationhood. Approximately seventy years of antebellum American literature are covered, beginning at the close of colonial rule and ending with the onset of the Civil War. The volume provides best-practice suggestions and discusses how to take advantage of a wide selection of primary text resources in a variety of formats - bibliographies, indexes, research guide, archives, special collections, microforms, and digital files - for literary, research projects.

Appropriately, the text encourages efficient and effective use of electronic resources based on their bibliographic predecessors."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: Basics of online searching; title: General literary reference sources; title: Library catalogs; title: Print and electronic bibliographies, indexes, and annual reviews; title: Scholarly journals; title: Contemporary reviews and literary magazines; title: Period journals and newspapers; title: Microform and digital collections; title: Manuscripts and archives; title: Web resources; title: Researching a thorny problem; title: Nationalism and changing implications of words.