Philip Allan Literature Guide (for A-Level): The Duchess of Malfi

Summary:

Written by experienced A-level examiners and teachers who know exactly what students need to succeed, and edited by a chief examiner, Philip Allan Literature Guides (for A-level) are invaluable study companions with exam-specific advice to help you to get the grade you need.

This full colour guide includes:
- detailed scene summaries and sections on themes, characters, form, structure, language and contexts
- a dedicated 'Working with the text' section on how to write about texts for coursework and controlled assessment and how to revise for exams
- Taking it further boxes on related books, film adaptations and websites
- Pause for thought boxes to get you thinking more widely about the text
- Task boxes to test yourself on transformation, analysis, research and comparison activities
- Top 10 quotes

PLUS FREE REVISION RESOURCES at www.philipallan.co.uk/literatureguidesonline, including a glossary of literary terms and concepts, revision advice, sample essays with student answers and examiners comments, interactive questions, revision podcasts,  flash cards and spider diagrams, links to unmissable websites, and answers to tasks set in the guide.

• Understand the text and its contexts
  
• Learn how to maximise your grade
  
• Written by teachers and examiners
  
• Free online revision
  

Table of Contents:
Using this guide
Synopsis
Scene summaries and commentaries
Themes
Characters
Form, structure and language
Contexts
Working with the text
Meeting the Assessment Objectives
Top ten quotations
Taking it further

About the Author(s):
Peter Malin has taught in Oxfordshire schools for over 30 years. He is particularly interested in Renaissance drama and his PhD thesis was a study of the Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries.
Jeanette Weatherall has been a Head of English and an Assistant Headteacher in two large secondary schools in the UK and is Chair of Examiners for A-level Literature for one of the UK's major examination boards. As well as teaching A-level and GCSE Language and Literature at a College of Further Education, she is also a teacher trainer and writes and reviews student resources for Philip Allan Updates.
The series editor Nicola Onyett is Chief Examiner for English Literature for a major examination board and has extensive experience of teaching at GCSE, AS, A2 and university level. She is an editor of The English Review.