Exam board: AQA B, Edexcel, Eduqas, Cambridge Assessment International Education
Level & Subject: AS and A level English Literature
First teaching: September 2015; September 2019
First examination: June 2017; June 2021/2/3
This edition of King Lear is perfect for A-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.
* Affordable high quality complete play for King Lear
* Demystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentary
* Set the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretations
* Recall plot summaries at the beginning of each scene
* Support A Level revision and essay writing with theme and character indexes
* Help with social, historical and literary context with the bespoke timeline of Shakespeare's life and times
Maria Cairney currently teaches in a sixth form college in Manchester. She is an experienced A Level English Literature and English Language teacher and examiner with a PhD in Victorian literature and a special interest in 19th century serialised fiction by writers such as Charles Dickens and Arthur Conan Doyle. Before becoming a teacher, Maria was also, for many years, a magazine journalist and editor.
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