Summary: For study or revision, these guides are the perfect accompaniment to the set text, providing invaluable background and exam advice.Philip Allan Literature Guides (for A-level) offer succinct and accessible coverage of all key aspects of the set text and are designed to challenge and develop your knowledge, encouraging you to reach your full potential.Each full colour guide:Gives you the confidence that you know your set text inside out, with insightful coverage for you to develop your understanding of context, characters, quotations, themes and styleEnsures you are fully prepared for your exams: each guide shows you how your set text will be measured against assessment objectives of the main specificationDevelops the skills you need to do well in your exams, with tasks and practice questions in the guide, and lots more completely free online, including podcasts, glossaries, sample essays and revision advice at www.philipallan.co.uk/literatureguidesonline
Table of Contents: Using this guideSynopsisChapter summaries and commentariesThemesCharactersForm, structure and languageContextsWorking with the textMeeting the Assessment ObjectivesTop ten quotationsTaking it further
About the Author(s): Martin Old is currently Curriculum Manager at Hartlepool College of Further Education and has been teaching English Literature in schools, colleges and universities for the last 28 years. He has directed Shakespeare plays in the USA and has appeared on American radio and television in a number of roles.The series editor Nicola Onyett has extensive experience of teaching at GCSE, AS, A2 and university level. She is an editor of the Philip Allan magazine,The English Review.
