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
Text Guidance
Contexts
Cultural context
Theatrical context
Tragedy and the tragic hero
Play context
Verse and prose
The play on stage
Critical history
Scene summaries and notes
Characters
Heaven, earth and hell
Perennial questions
Interruptions, ‘indirections’ and delays
Melancholy, madness and memory
Plays, players and acting
Words, words, words
Themes
Imagery
Hamlet’s soliloquies
Quotations
Critical comments
Literary terms and concepts
Questions and answers
Essay questions, specimen plans and notes
Sample essays
Further study

About the Author(s):
Marian Cox has been Head of English and A-level literature teacher in a variety of schools
in the UK and overseas. She has written many teacher resource packs, student guides and
literary articles, and is also an experienced literature examiner.