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 frameworkRepresents established modes of narrative analysis juxtaposed with innovative new methods for conducting narrative researchIncludes coverage of the latest advances in narrative analysis, from work on social media to small stories researchIntroduces and exemplifies a practice-based approach to narrative analysis that separates narrative from text so as to broaden the field beyond the printed page