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We are pleased to announce that, today sees the launch of a new Teacher Resource package on our web site covering the poetry of EDWARD THOMAS within the OCR AS F661 Syllabus. The titles featured are as follows:
March; Old Man; Tears; But these things also; Melancholy; The Glory; Words; Aspens; This is no case of petty right or wrong; Rain; No one so much as you; The sun used to shine; As the team's head-brass; Gone, gone again; Lights Out.
INCLUDED in the package is a 12 month subscription to 15 web-based teaching aid presentations together with access to all relevant poetry analysis, biographical content and background information from our GWLSRC digital library, all of which is able to be viewed interactively online, or printed out.
Each of the fifteen presentations contains at least eight "slides" detailing the background, language, themes, verse form, and imagery contained within each poem, plus at least one comparison with other Thomas poetry and several "Discussion Points" for use in class or as Homework Projects.
The aims of these presentations are to assist teachers - either by direct use in the classroom, or as an aid to developing other areas of study. Students should, by the time they have finished using these packages, be able to fully understand the language and verse form used, the tone and imagery being created and the situations which Thomas is describing in his poems. In addition, students should be able to pinpoint which poems make suitable comparisons from within the OCR collection and should be better prepared for their examinations.
This is just the third of our Teacher Resource Packages, adding to our existing, popular Wilfred Owen resources.
For further details of the Edward Thomas OCR AS F661 Poetry Collection Teacher Resource Package, please click here.
For a demonstration of our Teacher Resource Packages, please click here, then click on "S.I.W" under "EVALUATION SAMPLE". This free sample lesson presentation is from our Wilfred Owen OCR AS F661 package and illustrates the content and layout style. Please note the supporting poem analysis and biography information for the evaluation sample is not available without a subscription.
For further details of our forthcoming titles, please click here.
Also availble is our FREE online magazine at www.gwlmagazine.com which provide useful background articles and downloadable content.
We are pleased to announce that we have updated and enlarged the content of our Journey's End study guides to reflect some of the research that we have lately been carrying out into the life of R C Sherriff.
In all study guides, this includes a new and much more detailed biography of R C Sherriff, which offers information on Sherriff's war and background details on the writing of the play. The A-Level version of our guide also offers a new chapter entitled "Contemporary Reviews" in which we have provided detailed quotations from newspapers and radio features at the time that Journey's End was first performed.
All of these updates are available on the GWLSRC to new and existing subscribers as well as in our downloadable e-books.
We are pleased to annouce that, today sees the launch our new online Great War Literature Magazine, which takes the form of articles and features on First World War literature, history, people, the home front, reviews, and much more. To visit the new site, please click here.
Already available on the site are interviews with the cast of a production of Journey's End; details of a visit to Mells, the resting place of Siegfried Sassoon; historical articles relating to events in 1914; downloadable posters of literary connections; feature poems and poetry articles, and recipes and household tips from the home front.
We will be adding to this site on a daily basis, updating articles and incorporating new features - so be sure to check back regularly. You can also follow us on twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/gwlpublishing
GREAT WAR LITERATURE GOES FULLY ELECTRONIC
Due to the overwhelming popularity of our recently introduced online printable resources and e-Books, we have decided to discontinue our paperback books.
We will continue to sell the titles which we currently have available, but as they become out of stock, we will no longer be reprinting them.
Our strategy over the last couple of years has been to develop online resources, which are more easily accessible and comprehensive. The introduction of our digital library has allowed us to make some exciting developments which are due to be released later this year, including our Salient e-learning modules and range of other teacher resources to support our content.
Furthermore, we are undertaking the production of audio versions of our study guides and these will be made available through the GWLSRC digital library - where we already offer several audio excerpts of the poems, some of which are read by the poets themselves.
We are pleased to annouce that, in line with the new 2010 syllabus changes, we have made available five new poetry analyses of Wilfred Owen's poems as non-printable electronic books and via the GWLSRC as printable online resources. The new titles are:
Conscious
Inspection
The Chances
The Dead-Beat
The Letter
PLUS we have also incorporated the analyses for these poems into our existing Wilfred Owen Collection which now comprises a biography of the poet together with analysis of 23 of his poems. Purchasing the Collection represents a significant saving over buying the individual items.
Existing subscribers to the GWLSRC digital library and to the Wilfred Owen Collection online printable resource package will automatically have received these new poetry analyses, free of charge.
For further details of these products as non-printable electronic books, please click here.
For further details of the Wilfred Owen Collection as a printable online resource, please click here.
THE FIRST CASUALTY PRINTABLE STUDY GUIDE LAUNCHED TODAY
We are pleased to announce that we have, today, added our latest study guide on the novel The First Casualty by Ben Elton to our ever-expanding list of titles which are now available on our GWLSRC online resource.
This study guide package, together with all of the other packages on the GWLSRC, is now available as a printable resource, which may be purchased on a 12-month subscription basis. The First Casualty package comprises approximately 28,100 words in 35 articles.
This study guide provides detailed synopsis of the chapters, character appraisal, critical analysis of themes and comparisons with other First World War literature.
Over the coming weeks and months, we will be adding new guides on Siegfried Sassoon, Edward Thomas and Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, to support the learning of the anthologies on the AQA syllabus. In addition, we will also add study guides on Her Privates We by Frederic Manning and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon.
For more information on The First Casualty printable online resource, please click here.
For more information on our available GWLSRC packages either call 0871 223 8878 or click here.
But don't panic!
Great War Literature is actually pleased to announce that we have diligently broken down the GWLSRC into smaller packages.
We've listened to requests from teachers and students for a cheaper, more accessible and printable solution and now, we've provided it. So, there's no need to wait for the post, struggle with downloading pdfs, opening files or installing third-party software, to obtain our renowned educational study guide information. All you now need is Internet access, a standard web browser, a username and a password.
We understand that not every user necessarily requires access to the entire resource, so we have now made our existing collection of printable articles more easily accessible to students, teachers, schools and colleges by permitting online access to individual packages. As a result of this, we are able to signficantly reduce the cost of entry to the GWLSRC, making it more available to individuals as well as academic establishments.
Together with the existing complete GWLSRC subscription package, our new range comprises:
Novel packages on:
- A Long Long Way
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Birdsong
- Not So Quiet…
- Regeneration
- Strange Meeting
- The Eye in the Door
- The Return of the Soldier
Play packages on:
- Journey's End A-Level
- Journey's End GCSE
- Not About Heroes
- Oh What A Lovely War
- The Accrington Pals
Anthology packages on:
- OCR Opening Lines Section F
- OCR Opening Lines Section H
- Scars Upon My Heart
- The Oxford Book of War Poetry
- Up the Line to Death
- The Wilfred Owen Collection
Twelve-month subscription packages may be purchased individually or in groups. Any additional packages purchased during the term of the initial subscription will still remain active for a full twelve month period and added to the existing account.
For more information on the GWLSRC, please click here and to view the full range of packages, please click here.
We are pleased to announce that the fourth issue of our online magazine is now available.
This edition contains a feature article on the life Rudyard Kipling and his home Batemans, taking a special interesting in the death of his son, John at Loos in September 1915.
In this issue we also continue our series of articles, in which we look beyond the literature of the First World War and put it into its historical context. This time we are looking at the last six months of 1915 and include features on two brave and interesting women: Edith Cavell and Emilienne Moreau, also known as The Lady of Loos.
In our regular Home Front section, we have included 'tried and tested' recipes for home made scones and raspberry jam, together with household tips and our feature poem in this issue is When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead by Charles Hamilton Sorley.
We also feature two informative advertorials in this issue. One is by the War Memorials Trust, giving details of how they protect and conserve the nations many memorials; the other is by Ruth Ross and Chris Cuff from Anglia Battlefield Tours, explaining the value of a visit to the battlefields for those studying war literature.
In a conscious effort to be more 'green', we have produced this as an online magazine, which may be accessed via the link on the home page of our website. Individual pages or articles may then be printed out, if required. To access the magazine, click here.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all 47,357 visitors who read or downloaded the last magazine and we hope that you will find this issue of great interest too.
We are pleased to announce the availability our long-awaited study guides on Scars Upon My Heart by Catherine Reilly, The Oxford Book of War Poetry by Jon Stallworthy and Up the Line to Death by Brian Gardner.
These guides vary slightly in format, but all include over 100 pages of analysis of every poem included in each anthology as well as biographical information and critical opinion of the choice of poems. For more information and to purchase, please click here.
These study guides are currently only available as non-print electronic books which may be purchased through our web site and either downloaded or sent via e-mail. In addition all of the content of these guides, and much more besides, is available to print and photocopy through our unique subscription-only resource for schools and colleges, the GWLSRC. If you would like more information about this resource, or wish to see the content, please click here.
We are pleased to announce that the third issue of our online magazine is now available.
This edition contains feature articles on the lives and legacies of Rupert Brooke and Julian Grenfell, as well as the poetry of Charlotte Mew.
In this issue we also continue our new series of articles, in which we look beyond the literature of the First World War and put it into its historical context. This time we are looking at the first six months of 1915 and include features on the sinking of the Lusitania, the first gas attack and Gallipoli.
In our new Home Front section, we have included a 'tried and tested' recipe for Debris pudding, together with household tips.
In a conscious effort to be more 'green', we have produced this as an online magazine, which may be accessed via the link on the home page of our website. Individual pages or articles may then be printed out, if required. To access the magazine, click here.
We hope that you will find this magazine of great interest.
We are pleased to announce that our updated and revised GWLSRC, a specialist educational resource for Schools and Colleges, featuring over 600 study guide articles on First World War Literature, will be launched on Monday 16th February 2009.
The web site has been completely redesigned to incorporate new content which will be coming online during 2009/2010, including:
- Additional study guide articles;
- Image resources - including static and audio visual animated guides;
- Teaching aids;
- E-learning interface and modules.
New study guide articles which will be added during 2009/2010 will include:
- Up the Line to Death;
- The Oxford Book of War Poetry;
- Scars Upon My Heart;
- Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon;
- The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker;
- The Ghost Road by Pat Barker;
- Her Privates We by Frederic Manning;
- The First Casualty by Ben Elton.
For further information, to see sample content or to subscribe please click here, or call 0871 223 8896.
We are pleased to announce that the second issue of our quarterly online magazine is now available.
This very special edition contains feature articles on Journey's End and R C Sherriff, including interviews with the cast of a recent production in Guildford, Surrey and an account of Sherriff's activities during the war, based on his letters to his mother. We believe that these two features will prove particularly useful to those studying this play.
In this issue we are also launching a new series of articles, in which we look beyond the literature of the First World War and put it into its historical context. The first of these features 1914, from the tumultuous events of that last ‘golden’ summer, to the Christmas Truce.
Another new series is based on the Home Front and here we have shared some recipes from the First World War, including a 'tried and tested' War Cake, together with household tips.
In a conscious effort to be more 'green', we have produced this as an online magazine, which may be accessed via the link on the home page of our website. Individual pages or articles may then be printed out, if required. To access the magazine, click here.
We hope that you will find this magazine of great interest. Our next edition is due out in January 2009
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new electronic book on the poetry of Wilfred Owen. Supporting the A-Level syllabus, this new publication contains a biography of the poet and detailed analysis of eighteen of his most frequently studied poems, as follows:
A Terre, Anthem for Doomed Youth, Apologia Pro Poemate Meo, Arms and the Boy, Disabled, Dulce et Decorum Est, Esposure, Futility, Insensibility, Mental Cases, Miners, Spring Offensive, Strange Meeting, The Last Laugh, The Parable of the Old Man and the Young, The Send Off, The Sentry and The Show.
Please click here for further details and to place an order. As this is an electronic book, it is delivered by e-mail, so please ensure that your details are correct at time of ordering.
This compilation offers excellent value, giving you almost 80 pages of analysis and providing a saving of £8.50 when compared to buying the individual poetry analyses.
In common with all of our electronic books, this document is available as a non-printable pdf, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, Version 7.0 or above.
Journey's End By RC Sherriff
Wednesday 5th-Saturday 8th November 2008
7.30pm Tickets £9.50 / £8.00 Concessions (Friends and Groups discounts)
Box Office: 01483 444 789
"If All Quiet on the Western Front is the classic film of The First World War then the greatest play of that conflict is Journey's End"
- Sheridan Morley
Sean McNamara Productions is presenting an exciting new staging of RC Sherriff's First World War Classic 'Journey's End' to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the end of The Great War and support The Royal British Legion ?´Poppy Appeal?? at the Electric Theatre, Guildford from Wednesday 5th- Saturday 8th November 2008.
This play has won many international awards, including on Broadway the 2007 Tony Award for Best Revival. The original 1928 production featured a 21 year old Laurence Olivier, in recent years the play has enjoyed successful revivals on The West End and Broadway.
Featuring performances from Guildford School of Acting Graduates Jake Hendricks (Father Kieron in 'Hollyoaks'), Ben Peyton (PC Ben Hayward in ?´The Bill??), Robin Colyer (Dick Whittington, Barbican Theatre) and Sean McNamara and directed by GSA's Amanda Fawsett, 'Journey's End' will be a moving, thought-provoking and highly entertaining evening.
Box Office: 01483 444 789
The Electric Theatre, Onslow Street, Guildford, GU1 4SZ
www.electrictheatre.co.uk
We are pleased to announce that the first issue of our quarterly online magazine is now available.
This edition contains 'Chloe's Diary' - an account of a visit to the Battlefields of France and Belgium by a fourteen-year old schoolgirl; 'A Visit to Mells' - a detailed article about the village church, the war memorial and the burial place of Siegfried Sassoon; and 'Literary Connections' - a regular feature showing how interconnected the lives of the war poets were.
In a conscious effort to be more 'green', we have produced this as an online magazine, which may be accessed via the link on the home page of our website. Individual pages or articles may then be printed out, if required.
We hope that you will find this magazine of interest and will enjoy our future issues.
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new Study Guide on ''A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry''. The paperback version is currently being printed and will be available for delivery on 28th March 2008. Any orders placed in the meantime will be dispatched on that date.
An e-Book version is also available to download - please click here for details.
This Study Guide provides a chapter-by-chapter synopsis of the plot; character analysis and critical assessment of the author's use of characters; comparisons between A Long Long Way and other First World War literature and Historical References providing useful background information to the setting of this novel.
For users of the Great War Literature School Resources Centre, or those considering subscribing to this valuable information bank, the text of this new Study Guide is now available for downloading, printing and photocopying.
If you require further information about this new guide or our growing list of articles now available through the GWLSRC, please contact us on 0871 223 8896.
Our eagerly awaited study guide on "War Poets of the First World War - Volume Two" is due to become available on the 24th October 2007.
Following on from our very popular first volume, this study guide features biographies of ten poets and analysis of twenty-eight of their poems.
The poets include:
Harold Begbie, Edmund Blunden, Gilbert Frankau, Robert Graves, Alan P. Herbert, W N Hodgson, Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy (Woodbine Willie), Edward Wyndham Tennant, Robert Ernest Vernede and Arthur Graeme West.
We are taking advanced orders now and these will be dispatched on 24th October.
We are pleased to announce the addition to our e-book range of our new OCR Poem Collections to support the OCR 'Opening' Lines Sections F & H. Each of the two collections comprises a complete compilation of Poetry Analysis for the 16 poems which make up the respective sections of the OCR Opening Lines syllabus. Buying one of the compilations provides a saving of £9.00 when compared to buying the individual poetry analyses. Click here for more details.
These new titles expand our already comprehensive range of poet biographies and poetry analysis e-book study guides for students.
In addition, we have now released e-books analysis titles for poems by:
Analysis of the poem 'Mental cases' has also been added to the Wilfred Owen range.
In line with our policy of providing the best and most extensive resources, the new publications are properley researched and provide essential additional knowledge and information on this genre.
For more information you may click on a poet or poem title to visit the appropriate page on our web site. Or if you prefer to see our full range please visit www.greatwarliterature.co.uk.
From 16th August 2007 we are pleased to announce that we have added eighteen new titles to our range of e-books.
These new titles expand our already comprehensive range of poet biographies and poetry analysis study guides for students.
In line with our policy of providing the most extensive resources, the new publications feature material that is rarely available elsewhere, if at all, but which provide essential additional knowledge and information on this genre.
The new poets featured are:
- Gilbert Frankau
- Alan P Herbert
- W N Hodgson
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy (Woodbine Willie)
- Edward Wyndham Tennant.
We have provided detailed biographies of these poets, together with analysis of some of their works. All of these titles can be found on our web site under 'e-books'.
Great War Literature is pleased to announce its new range of workshops for schools and colleges to provide a valuable support to students. All of the workshops will fit into approximately one hour plus a question and answer session.
Each workshop consists of an illustrated talk followed by a discussion/ question and answer session. Initially we will be offering six topics from which to choose:
- Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon
- Jessie Pope and Wilfred Owen
- Home-front Poets
- Female Poets
- Pro-war and Anti-war Poetry
- Journey's End
This first group of workshops can be aimed at either GCSE or A-Level students. Other topics are planned for future release.
Initially, the workshops are restricted to schools and colleges within a designated area centred on Camberley in Surrey. Click here to view map. Should your school or college be just outside of our region please contact us as we may still be able to arrange a visit.
For more information regarding the content of the workshops, click here.
For further details regarding the workshop fees and publication discounts available to schools and students on the day of the workshops, please call 0871 223 8896. Participating schools may also attract a discount on the subscription to our School Resources Centre.
New Study Guide on Plays released
Our eagerly awaited study guide on "First World War Plays" is now available.
This very detailed guide covers "Journey's End" by R C Sherriff, "The Accrington Pals" by Peter Whelan, "Not About Heroes" by Stephen MacDonald and "Oh What a Lovely War" by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop.
Interestingly, with the assistance of The Dartington Hall Archive, we have been able to include images from the first productions and most excitingly, pages from a copy of "Journey's End" signed by R C Sherriff and the producers, director and cast of the first New York production in March, 1929. The other images included a reproduction of the original London Savoy Theatre programme showing the cast list, producer Maurice Browne with some of the cast on set, a photograph of the plaster-cast by Jane Jackson, showing the original set-design for Journey's End and lastly R C Sherriffs obituary.
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We are pleased to announce that, today sees the launch of a new Teacher Resource package on our web site covering the poetry of EDWARD THOMAS within the OCR AS F661 Syllabus. The titles featured are as follows: March; Old Man; Tears; But these things also; Melancholy; The Glory; Words; Aspens; This is no case of petty right or wrong; Rain; No one so much as you; The sun used to shine; As the team's head-brass; Gone, gone again; Lights Out. INCLUDED in the package is a 12 month subscription to 15 web-based teaching aid presentations together with access to all relevant poetry analysis, biographical content and background information from our GWLSRC digital library, all of which is able to be viewed interactively online, or printed out. Each of the fifteen presentations contains at least eight "slides" detailing the background, language, themes, verse form, and imagery contained within each poem, plus at least one comparison with other Thomas poetry and several "Discussion Points" for use in class or as Homework Projects. The aims of these presentations are to assist teachers - either by direct use in the classroom, or as an aid to developing other areas of study. Students should, by the time they have finished using these packages, be able to fully understand the language and verse form used, the tone and imagery being created and the situations which Thomas is describing in his poems. In addition, students should be able to pinpoint which poems make suitable comparisons from within the OCR collection and should be better prepared for their examinations. This is just the third of our Teacher Resource Packages, adding to our existing, popular Wilfred Owen resources. For further details of the Edward Thomas OCR AS F661 Poetry Collection Teacher Resource Package, please click here. For a demonstration of our Teacher Resource Packages, please click here, then click on "S.I.W" under "EVALUATION SAMPLE". This free sample lesson presentation is from our Wilfred Owen OCR AS F661 package and illustrates the content and layout style. Please note the supporting poem analysis and biography information for the evaluation sample is not available without a subscription. For further details of our forthcoming titles, please click here. Also availble is our FREE online magazine at www.gwlmagazine.com which provide useful background articles and downloadable content. All news Subscribe |
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