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Evaluation is central to literary studies and has led to an impressive list of publications on the status and history of the canon. Yet it is remarkable how little attention has been given to the role of textual properties in evaluative processes. Most of the chapters in The Quality of Literature redress this issue by dealing with texts or genres ranging from classical antiquity, via Renaissance to twentieth century. They provide a rich textual and historical panorama of how critical debate over literary quality has influenced our modes of thinking and feeling about literature, and how they continue to shape the current literary landscape. Four theoretical chapters reflect on the general state of literary evaluation while the introduction weaves the different threads together aiming at further conceptual clarification. This book thus contributes to a deeper understanding of the problems that are at the heart of past and present debates over literary quality.

Criticism. --- Literature --- Discourse analysis, Literary. --- Literary discourse analysis --- Rhetoric --- Literary style --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Evaluation of literature --- Criticism --- Literary criticism --- Aesthetics --- History and criticism. --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Technique

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This introductory textbook on empirical research methods for the Humanities reflects on the problems and possibilities of testing the empirical assumptions, explaining a wide range of methods from interviews to observation research. The book presents qualitative approaches to research but focuses mostly on quantitative methods, detailing the workings of basic statistics. Here is a much needed introductory textbook on empirical research methods for the Humanities. Especially aimed at students and scholars of Literature, Applied Linguistics, and Film and Media, it stimulates readers to reflect on the problems and possibilities of testing the empirical assumptions and offers hands-on learning opportunities to develop empirical studies. It explains a wide range of methods, from interviews to observation research, and guides readers through the choices researchers have to make. It discusses the essence of experiments, illustrates how studies are designed, how to de

Science and the humanities. --- Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge. --- Humanities --- Science --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Methodology --- Science and the humanities --- Humanities and science --- Philosophy. --- Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge --- Humanities - Philosophy --- Science - Philosophy