Michael Meally

This updated and expanded version for the new A-level specifications features extra sections on tragedy, comedy, stagecraft in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and advice on how to analyse an extract from a Shakespeare play. Whatever texts you're studying, the book will help you achieve top grades in A-level Literature. Featuring detailed analysis of a rich and eclectic mix of canonical A-level texts, from 'King Lear' to 'Frankenstein' and 'The Great Gatsby', 'The Art of Writing English Literature Essays' covers everything you need to know to master high level literary discussion. Written in a lively, engaging style, the book takes readers through the art of close reading, through planning and writing essays and on to the tricky arts of using critics and contexts effectively. A book on how to read Literature, as well as how to write about it, 'The Art of Writing English Literature Essays' will help you to reach the highest grades.

For A-Level & Beyond

The Art of Writing English Literature Essays

Neil Bowen

Matthew Curry

'The Art of Poetry' is a poetry primer, a revision book and a guide to tackling the tricky art of 'unseen poems'. Exploring various key aspects of poems, the book sets out a clear methodology for reading poetry at GCSE & A-level. Twelve exemplar essays analyse a range of classic poems, from Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 to Seamus Heaney's 'Follower'. Written in a lively, accessible style the book is essential reading for students and teachers of English Literature. 'The Art of Poetry' features illuminating essays on: Sonnet 130, The Flea, London, Ozymandias, Pied Beauty, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Road not Taken, I Felt a Funeral, Dulce et Decorum Est, Do not go Gentle into that Good Night, Valentine & Follower

For Gcse and Beyond

The Art of Poetry

James Browning

Johanna Harrison

The Art of Poetry, volume 4, offers sharp and engaging critical essays on all the poems from the pre-1900 selection of AQA's A-level English Literature poetry anthology, Love Through the Ages. Alongside the essays are teaching and revision ideas to stimulate students and teachers as well as advice on writing comparative essays and tackling unseen poetry.

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