Summary:
Each guide comprises 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
  

• 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:
Contexts
Marlowe’s birthplace: Canterbury
Life and works of Christopher Marlowe
The theatre
The Renaissance
Renaissance magic
The Faust legend
The play on stage
Critical history
Marlowe’s language
Scene summaries and notes
Character notes
Faustus: ‘This learned man’
Mephistopheles: ‘sweet friend’ or ‘accursed spirit’?
Theme I: Magic and the supernatural
Theme II: Condemnation or celebration?
Imagery and symbolism
The seven deadly sins
Faustus’s final soliloquy
The Chorus
Comedy
‘Tragicall History’
Gothic elements
Audience reactions
Significant differences in the B text
Glossary
Literary terms and concepts
Selected literary criticism
Questions and Answers
Essay questions, specimen plans and notes
Sample essays
Further study

About the Author(s):
Anne Crow has taught A-level English literature for more than 30 years, and is an experienced examiner. She also writes regularly for The English Review, also published by Phiip Allan Updates.