Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #137970 in Books
• Published on: 2001-08-31
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Synopsis
Part of the "Teach Yourself Literature Guides" which use scientific knowledge on how the brain works best to show you how you can work faster, shorten your study time and get a higher grade. This title provides commentary, questions, "Mind Maps" and essay practice on "Arcadia".

About the Author
Shaun McCarthy has written over twenty education books for the primary, secondary and post sixteen sectors. He specialises in English and Drama. He is also a playwright and poet. He has had four full collections of poetry published and has won the Dublin Herald/National Irish Poetry Prize. His plays have been produced at theatres such as Bristol Old Vic and the Actors' Centre Covent Garden. His radio plays have been broadcast on BBC Radios 3 and 4. He is a lyricist for National Youth Music Theatre, a theatre assessor for the Arts Council of England and teaches a course in playwriting at Bristol University.

Customer Reviews

Arcadia
This guide is a fantastic study aid, it follows the story of arcadia exactly to the book even including page referece for added ease. The guide includes a basic overview of the story, the context in which Arcadia is set, followed by characterizations, major themes, critical approaches,and language, style, and structure. The guide also contains advice and information on the best methods of revising and how to spend revision time most productively, as well as continuous questions throughout the text, exam style questions and model essay plans.The guide contains all the information a student could need to steer them sucessfully through the exam.