A stimulating and comprehensive critical survey of the responses to A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as the key debates and developments, from the seventeenth century to the present day. Leading the reader through material chronologically, the Guide explores the main themes and interpretations and draws on a rich range of critical writings.

Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism, 115)

Literature & Fiction

Tredell, Nicolas

British & Irish

Red Globe Press

A stimulating and comprehensive critical survey of the responses to A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as the key debates and developments, from the seventeenth century to the present day. Leading the reader through material chronologically, the Guide explores the main themes and interpretations and draws on a rich range of critical writings.

Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism, 49)

The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night are F. Scott Fitzgerald's best-known novels. They draw on Fitzgerald's own vivid experiences in the 1920s but transform them into art. This stimulating introductory guide analyses their accomplished style and their concern with the promise and perplexity of modern life.  Part I of this indispensable study: * provides interesting and informed close readings of key passages * examines how each novel starts and ends * discusses key themes of society, money, gender and trauma * outlines the methods of analysis and offers suggestions for further work.  Part II supplies essential background material, including: * an account of Fitzgerald's life * a survey of historical, cultural and literary contexts * samples of significant criticism.  Also featuring a helpful Further Reading section, this volume equips readers with the critical and analytical skills which will enable them to enjoy and explore both novels for themselves.

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby/Tender is the Night (Analysing Texts)

Palgrave

"Great Expectations" (Teach Yourself Revision Guides)

DICKENS., CHARLES

Columbia University Press

Reader's Guides provide a comprehensive starting point for any advanced student, giving an overview of the context, criticism and influence of key works. Each guide also offers students fresh critical insights and provides a practical introduction to close reading and to analysing literary language and form. They provide up-to-date, authoritative but accessible guides to the most commonly studied classic texts. The Great Gatsby (1925) is a classic of modern American literature and is often seen as the quintessential novel of 'the jazz age'. This is the ideal guide to the text, setting The Great Gatsby in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure, providing exemplary close readings, presenting an up-to-date account of its critical reception and examining its afterlife in literature, film and popular culture. It includes points for discussion, suggestions for further study and an annotated guide to relevant reading.Reader's Guides provide a comprehensive starting point for any advanced student, giving an overview of the context, criticism and influence of key works. Each guide also offers students fresh critical insights and provides a practical introduction to close reading and to analysing literary language and form. They provide up-to-date, authoritative but accessible guides to the most commonly studied classic texts. The Great Gatsby (1925) is a classic of modern American literature and is often seen as the quintessential novel of 'the jazz age'. This is the ideal guide to the text, setting The Great Gatsby in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure, providing exemplary close readings, presenting an up-to-date account of its critical reception and examining its afterlife in literature, film and popular culture. It includes points for discussion, suggestions for further study and an annotated guide to relevant reading.

Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: A Reader's Guide (Reader's Guides)

History & Criticism

Continuum

Reader's Guides provide a comprehensive starting point for any advanced student, giving an overview of the context, criticism and influence of key works. Each guide also offers students fresh critical insights and provides a practical introduction to close reading and to analysing literary language and form. They provide up-to-date, authoritative but accessible guides to the most commonly studied classic texts. 
The Great Gatsby (1925) is a classic of modern American literature and is often seen as the quintessential novel of 'the jazz age'. This is the ideal guide to the text, setting The Great Gatsby in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure, providing exemplary close readings, presenting an up-to-date account of its critical reception and examining its afterlife in literature, film and popular culture. It includes points for discussion, suggestions for further study and an annotated guide to relevant reading. Reader's Guides provide a comprehensive starting point for any advanced student, giving an overview of the context, criticism and influence of key works. Each guide also offers students fresh critical insights and provides a practical introduction to close reading and to analysing literary language and form. They provide up-to-date, authoritative but accessible guides to the most commonly studied classic texts. 
The Great Gatsby (1925) is a classic of modern American literature and is often seen as the quintessential novel of 'the jazz age'. This is the ideal guide to the text, setting The Great Gatsby in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure, providing exemplary close readings, presenting an up-to-date account of its critical reception and examining its afterlife in literature, film and popular culture. It includes points for discussion, suggestions for further study and an annotated guide to relevant reading.

Uncancelled Challenge: Work of Raymond Williams

Paupers' Press

Fighting Fictions: The Novels of B.S.Johnson

Pauper's Press

David Copperfield and Great Expectations are among Charles Dickens's most famous novels. In both books, the hero tells the vivid and absorbing tale of his education by life, presents a rich range of characters and scenes, and tackles profound moral, social and psychological themes. Part I of this essential study: • provides lucid and penetrating analyses of key passages • discusses the crucial topics of patriarchy, class, obsession, eccentricity, death, breakdown and recovery • summarizes the methods of analysis and offers suggestions for further work. Part II supplies key background material, including: • an account of Dickens's life and works • a survey of historical, cultural and literary contexts • samples of significant criticism. Also featuring a valuable Further Reading section, this volume provides readers with the critical and analytical skills which will enable them to enjoy and explore both novels for themselves.

Charles Dickens: David Copperfield/ Great Expectations (Analysing Texts, 53)

David Copperfield and Great Expectations are among Charles Dickens's most famous novels. In both books, the hero tells the vivid and absorbing tale of his education by life, presents a rich range of characters and scenes, and tackles profound moral, social and psychological themes.Part I of this essential study:• provides lucid and penetrating analyses of key passages• discusses the crucial topics of patriarchy, class, obsession, eccentricity, death, breakdown and recovery• summarizes the methods of analysis and offers suggestions for further work.Part II supplies key background material, including:• an account of Dickens's life and works• a survey of historical, cultural and literary contexts• samples of significant criticism.Also featuring a valuable Further Reading section, this volume provides readers with the critical and analytical skills which will enable them to enjoy and explore both novels for themselves.

Charles Dickens: David Copperfield/ Great Expectations (Analysing Texts, 2)

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Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism, 115)

Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism, 49)

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby/Tender is the Night (Analysing Texts)

"Great Expectations" (Teach Yourself Revision Guides)

Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: A Reader's Guide (Reader's Guides)

Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: A Reader's Guide (Reader's Guides)

Uncancelled Challenge: Work of Raymond Williams

Fighting Fictions: The Novels of B.S.Johnson

Charles Dickens: David Copperfield/ Great Expectations (Analysing Texts, 53)

Charles Dickens: David Copperfield/ Great Expectations (Analysing Texts, 2)