Ideal for GCSE, A/AS-level, Further and Adult Education courses, Introduction to degrees. The second edition of this popular book has been fully revised and up-dated to reflect changes in syllabuses, and to include an even wider range of examples and quotations. Questions and practice material are included throughout which will help students feel confident about tackling texts on their own.

 

This book is part of a book series called Palgrave Master .

This book is aimed at the following children: secondary school , university .

There are 424 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Palgrave Macmillan .

RICHARD GILL has many years' experience of teaching at school, further education and university level. He teaches English at Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College, Leicester, and is a Research Fellow at the University of Leicester. He is the author of Mastering English Literature , and broadcasts regularly on the radio. Series editor, Roma Gill, has taught Shakespeare at all levels, and has acted in, directed, and given lectures on Shakespeare's plays the world over.

This book has the following chapters: Preface - Acknowledgements - PART 1: STUDYING POETRY - Reading, Thinking and Writing - Words and Meanings - Line and Rhythm - Sound, Rhyme and Form - The Poem as a Whole - PART 2: STUDYING NOVELS - Authors - Characters - Setting - Plot and Story - Themes - PART 3: STUDYING DRAMA - The Conventions of Drama - The Language of Drama - Character and Plot - Tragedy and Comedy - The Theatre of the Imagination - PART 4: AS YOU STUDY - Reading, Notes, Preparation - Interpretation - Effectiveness - Questions - Examination - PART 5: GLOSSARY - PART 6: SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING - General Index - Index of Authors and Works