A useful in-depth summary of the play including main points of interest in each Act
Our popular study guide for GCSE students on R C Sherriff’s play Journey’s End.
Paperback edition of our popular study guide on the play Journey’s End, written specially for A-Level students.
Paperback edition of our study guide, on Erich Maria Remarques’s novel, provides an essential resource for students and teachers. The novel, which is renowned as one of the greatest anti-war novels ever written, offers excellent scope for inclusion in comparative work. Our Study Guide provides examples of how Remarque and other authors and poets of the First World War use different styles and devices within their stories and poems to demonstrate their thoughts and themes.
This Literature Study Guide comprises an in-depth, chapter-by-chapter summary of the main events which take place in this novel. These clear and concise notes are particularly useful for revision, refreshing a student’s knowledge and understanding of the story.
Essential to the comprehension and analysis of any novel, our Study Guide focuses on the characters of Paul Bäumer, Katczinsky, Kropp, Himmelstoss and Kantorek, reflecting how the war and their experiences have an impact on their personalities.
Greatly valued by customers is our ‘Themes’ section. This chapter of the Guide explains the main themes of All Quiet on the Western Front. Topics covered are ‘Waste and Futility’, ‘Comradeship’, ‘Complacency at Home’ and ‘Horror of War’.
And, considered by many to be the key asset of our Notes, the ‘Comparisons’ section helps students compare and contrast various aspects of All Quiet on the Western Front with other popular literature of the First World War. This includes the poetry of Robert Nichols, E A Mackintosh, Isaac Rosenberg and Wilfred Owen, the play Journey’s End by R C Sherriff and the novels Strange Meeting by Susan Hill, Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, Regeneration by Pat Barker and The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West.
A biography of Erich Maria Remarque, including his childhood, brief war experience and his life afterwards, is also included.
Useful suggestions for further reading are provided, with brief descriptions, for titles that we believe enhance one’s understanding of the novel.
Essential to the comprehension and analysis of this novel are the character analyses. Our Study Guide focuses on the four main characters in The Return of the Soldier. Chris, Kitty, Jenny and Margaret all have very different personalities and this part of the guide focuses on how they react as the story unfolds.
Of particular value is our Themes section of the Guide that explains the main concepts of The Return of the Soldier. Topics covered are ‘Love’, ‘Class Structure’, ‘Loss and Grief’, and ‘Truth and Goodness’.
Considered by many to be the key asset of our Notes, the ‘Comparisons’ section helps students compare and contrast various aspects of The Return of the Soldier with other popular literature of the First World War. This includes the poetry of Siegfried Sassoon, E A Mackintosh and May Wedderburn Cannan, the play Journey’s End by R C Sherriff and the novels Strange Meeting by Susan Hill, Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, Regeneration by Pat Barker and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.
The guide also contains useful suggestions of books for further reading, with brief descriptions, that we believe enhance one’s understanding of the novel.
Paperback edition of our popular e-book study guide, written specially for A-Level students studying First World War literature.
An in-depth, chapter-by-chapter summary of the novel, outlining the main events which take place. Clear, concise and broken down into ‘bitesize’ chunks, these notes are especially useful and are accompanied by a critical analysis of the author’s portrayal of characters and concepts within each chapter.
Vital to the comprehension of any novel, our Study Guide articles focus on the characters of Douglas Kingsley, Captain Shannon and Nurse Kitty Murray and are followed by a critical examination of the creation and portrayal of these characters.
Of particular value to students, this section of the Guide explains the main themes of The First Casualty. Topics covered are “Murder and Justice” and “The Question of Truth”.
Considered by many to be the key asset of our Guides, the Comparisons section help students compare and contrast various aspects of The First Casualty with other literature of the First World War.
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Further reading advice is provided with a list of novels, plays, poetry and non-fiction works, together with brief descriptions, which we feel support and enhance students’ understanding of this topic.
Paperback edition of our study guide on Sebastian Barry’s novel, written especially for A-Level students. This Literature Study Guide comprises an in-depth, chapter-by-chapter summary of the novel, outlining the main events which take place. Clear and concise, these notes are especially useful for revision and refreshing a student’s knowledge and understanding of the story.
Vital to the comprehension of this novel are the character analyses. Our Study Guide provides a review and critical analysis of both the main and minor characters.
Considered by many to be of particular value, is our ‘Critical Comparisons’ section. This chapter of the Guide helps students compare and contrast various aspects of A Long Long Way with other First World war literature. Topics covered are ‘Depictions of War’, ‘Characters’, ‘Love and Sex’, ‘Language’, ‘Factual Accuracy and Realism in a Novel’ and ‘Historical References’. The last topic provides background information on the historical events which provide the backdrop to the novel.
Considered by many to be the key asset of our Notes, the ‘Comparisons’ section contains suggestions for possible topics of study and gives examples of the texts which could be used. These suggestions, in our opinion, provide suitable material for comparitive studies, assuming that A Long Long Way will be one of the texts involved.
The guide also contains useful suggestions of books for further reading, with brief descriptions, that we believe enhance one’s understanding of the novel.
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