Product Description

York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24262 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-29
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Synopsis
York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts.

Customer Reviews

If you're doing A Level English these are the best
Barcode: 9780582784307

So, like most people, i used CGP notes while doing my GCSE's and found them mostly good (especially on the poem anthologies) - the humour though, while sometimes fun on many occasions got in the way of serious learning and the notes were brief when dealing with full length plays and novels.

Step in York Notes. For my A Level English i got one of these books for each of my set texts and they were massively helpful in prompting class discussions, writing essays and revising for the exams. They offer detailed chapter summaries and analyse them in an extremely informative way.

There's quotes too, maybe a little too few, but the ones they pick out are good and then at the end of the book you get a wealth of extra info relating to characters, themes and symbolism. If you're an A Level English student or a parent who wants their kids to do well, i'd get these notes - they make your life a lot, lot easier.

Well done - very comprehensive.
This title helped me loads during my study, but I also purchased the 2007 DVD educational feature film Measure for Measure directed by Bob Koamr and the two together give the full scope of the narrative. This film is also available on this site.

Excellent study aid
When first presented with "measure for measure" from my teacher for A-level, my heart sank: i DESPISE studying shakespeare! however, when i recieved this study guide, i didnt realize what an interesting, relevent and contemporary paly measure for measure is! this guide takes you step-by-step through all the scenes, analyses the characters, gives contextual information (excellent for those doing coursework on the play) and even gives ideas for helpful tasks, such as where to view the first folio etc. a wonderful book, i would seriously recommend it to nayone studying shakespeare for A-Level.