Featuring contributions from leading scholars in the field, The Handbook of Narrative Analysis is the first comprehensive collection of sociolinguistic scholarship on narrative analysis to be published.

Organized thematically to provide an accessible guide for how to engage with narrative without prescribing a rigid analytic framework

Represents established modes of narrative analysis juxtaposed with innovative new methods for conducting narrative research

Includes coverage of the latest advances in narrative analysis, from work on social media to small stories research

Introduces and exemplifies a practice-based approach to narrative analysis that separates narrative from text so as to broaden the field beyond the printed page