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: #144543 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

A typical York Notes
Entirely worth buying if you are studying this superb play for A-level but so very typically York Notes! Rather restrained and not always as clear as it ought to be.

A stunning play...wot are the others on about?!!!
...The number of levels included within the characters is incredible, as one is made to feel hope, pity AND frustration all at once with regard to Laura in Scene Seven. I do not see how anyone in their right mind could describe the characters as "2-d", when Williams has so accurately portrayed the complexity and fragile beauty of the human spirit. I am also an A-level student and I can only compel my fellow reviewers to study this MASTERFUL, human drama more closely, before they sit the exams. This truly is one of the GREATS of modern drama!

To quote Simon Cowell: 'Distinctly Average'
I am currently studying this for AS English Lit and I find it quite boring. There is quite a lot of symbolism which is also interesting if you read about how Williams' characters are based on his family. The only other thing I like is the way the family are trapped, in every sense of the word. Apart from that, I find the entire play a little short and even though it reaches a conclusion, we never find out what happens to Amanda and Laura after Tom has left- only that their world is shattered like the glass unicorn Lura gave to Jim. If I were you I'd skip this one.