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This book introduces postgraduate students and researchers to the basics and techniques of research methods in English literature and language. It covers qualitative and quantitative methodology and includes the following topics:• Definition, aims and objectives of research• Materials and tools of research• Background knowledge of the researcher• Methods of research(i) Biography(ii) Bibliography and textual criticism(iii) Modern critical theories• The literary thesis• Bibliographical referencesThe book will be most useful for teachers, students, program administrators and researchers in their research work. It can be used as a basic text for research methodology paper in M.A. and M.Phil., and pre-Ph. D. courses.