“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned—a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution f…
A practical guide to working with unseen texts at A Level. Studying unseen texts is essential for all English literature courses - and students often find this the most demanding task. Success in English literature will fully prepare students for their unseen work through developing the skills and confidence needed for success. The book offers: · Advice on close reading · Mini anthologies of …
This collection includes twenty essays that will help bring new dimensions to classroom instruction of Charlotte Bronte's most taught work. Contributors discuss Bronte's milieu and biography; the influence of Christianity, fairy tales, and gothic fiction on her works; the themes of the novel and its social and political implications; its film and stage adaptations; relevant art works (paintings…
Now at seventy-three volumes, this popular MLA series (ISSN 1059-1133) addresses a broad range of literary texts. Each volume surveys teaching aids and critical material and brings together essays that apply a variety of perspectives to teaching the text. Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, student teachers, education specialists, and teachers in all humanities disciplines will fin…
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is one of the most popular and widely taught works of English literature. Despite its enormous appeal--the novel has been in print almost continuously since its publication in 1812--there are few scholarly works devoted to teaching it. As Marcia McClintock Folsom notes in her introduction to Approaches to Teaching Austen's Pride and Prejudice, respondents to an…
A subject-specific guide for teachers to supplement professional development and provide resources for lesson planning.