Summary:
AS/A-Level English Literature Student Text Guides comprise three sections:
an Introduction, which outlines the aims of the guide, the relevant exam board specification and Assessment Objectives
Text Guidance, which gives coverage of key aspects of the text
Questions and Answers, which focuses on the various types of essay questions and offers specifmen plans and sample answers, together with mark schemes.

• Succint and accessible coverage of all the key aspects of the set text, including contexts, interpretations and controversies
  

• Clear outline of the exam board specifications and their Assessment Objectives
  

• Invaluable Question and Answer section with various types of questions, plans, mark schemes and answers
  

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Aims of the guide
Assessment Objectives
Revision advice
Writing examination essays
Text Guidance
Biographical context
Literary contexts
Pastoralism
Realism
Tragedy
The fallen woman
Cultural contexts
Religion
Rural England
Darwinism
Heredity
Pessimism
Chapter notes and summaries
Characterisation
Narrative technique
Symbols and motifs
Critical voices
Literary terms and concepts
Literary terms
Literary concepts
Questions and Answers
Essay questions, specimen plans and notes
Sample essays
Further study

About the Author(s):
Mark Asquith is an English teacher at Trinity School, Croydon. He has published extensively on Hardy and contributes regularly to 'The English Review'.