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
Exam board specifications
Assessment Objectives
Coursework
Examinations
Text Guidance
Contexts
Scene summaries and commentary
Characters and characterisation
Language and style
Structure
Themes
The play in performance
Critical debate
Useful quotations
Selected glossary of literary terms
Questions and Answers
Essay questions, specimen plans and notes
Sample essays
Further study

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.