Oxford Literature Companions: Animal Farm

Oxford Literature Companions: Animal Farm
Author: Carmel Waldron
Publisher: Oxford Literature Companions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre:
ISBN: 9780198304838

"Packed with information and advice from experienced teachers and examiners, the Oxford literature companions aim to help you get to grips with your set text and to prepare for your assessment. The companions include extensive sections on exam preparation and response planning, as well as a bank of annotated sampel answers and practice questions. comprehensive coverage of characters, themes, plot, language and context; extensive assessment tips and support ; Key quotations from the text touse in your answers ; activities to help you engaged with the text and improve your understanding"-- Back cover.

Oxford Literature Companions: Animal Farm

Oxford Literature Companions: Animal Farm
Author: Carmel Waldron
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0198368860

Easy to use in the classroom or as a tool for revision, Oxford Literature Companions provide student-friendly analysis of a range of popular GCSE set texts. Each book offers a lively, engaging approach to the text, covering characters, themes, language and contexts, whilst also providing a range of varied and in-depth activities to deepen understanding and encourage close work with the text. Each book also includes a comprehensive Skills and Practice section, which provides detailed advice on assessment and a bank of exam-style questions and annotated sample student answers. This guide covers Animal Farm by George Orwell.

Oxford Literature Companions: Animal Farm Workbook

Oxford Literature Companions: Animal Farm Workbook
Author: Helen Backhouse
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2017-03-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9780198398912

Oxford Literature Companion Workbooks offer student-friendly support for GCSE set texts. This full colour write-in workbook for Animal Farm is ideal for use in the classroom or as revision and includes activities designed to prompt a closer analysis of the writer's language and techniques, as well as characters, themes and contexts.

The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English

The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English
Author: Jenny Stringer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 774
Release: 1996
Genre: American literature
ISBN: 0192122711

Survey of twentieth century English-language writers and writing from around the world, celebrating all major genres, with entries on literary movements, periodicals, more than 400 individual works, and articles on approximately 2,400 authors.

The Oxford Companion to English Literature

The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Author: Dinah Birch
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 2022
Release: 2009-09-24
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0191030848

The Oxford Companion to English Literature has long been established as the leading reference resource for students, teachers, scholars, and general readers of English literature. It provides unrivalled coverage of all aspects of English literature - from writers, their works, and the historical and cultural context in which they wrote, to critics, literary theory, and allusions. For the seventh edition, the Companion has been thoroughly revised and updated to meet the needs and concerns of today's students and general readers. Over 1,000 new entries have been added, ranging from new writers - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Patrick Marber, David Mitchell, Arundhati Roy - to increased coverage of writers and literary movements from around the world. Coverage of American literature has been substantially increased, with new entries on writers such as Cormac McCarthy and Amy Tan and on movements and publications. Contextual and historical coverage has also been expanded, with new entries on European history and culture, post-colonial literature, as well as writers and literary movements from around the world that have influenced English literature. The Companion has always been a quick and dependable source of reference for students, and the new edition confirms its pre-eminent role as the go-to resource of first choice. All entries have been reviewed, and details of new works, biographies, and criticism have been brought right up to date. So also has coverage of the themes, approaches and concepts encountered by students today, from terms to articles on literary theory and theorists. There is increased coverage of writers from around the world, as well as from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and of contextual topics, including film and television, music, and art. Cross-referencing has been thoroughly updated, with stronger linking from writers to thematic and conceptual entries. Meanwhile coverage of popular genres such as children's literature, science fiction, biography, reportage, crime fiction, fantasy or travel literature has been increased substantially, with new entries on writers from Philip Pullman to Anne Frank and from Anais Nin to Douglas Adams. The seventh edition of this classic Companion - now under the editorship of Dinah Birch, assisted by a team of 28 distinguished associate editors, and over 150 contributors - ensures that it retains its status as the most authoritative, informative, and accessible guide to literature available.

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Author: Dinah Birch
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 973
Release: 2013-05-30
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0191036749

Based on the bestselling Oxford Companion to English Literature, this is an indispensable, compact guide to all aspects of English literature. Over 5,500 new and revised A to Z entries give unrivalled coverage of writers, works, historical context, literary theory, allusions, characters, and plot summaries. Discursive feature entries supply a wealth of information about important genres in literature. For this fourth edition, the dictionary has been fully revised and updated to include expanded coverage of postcolonial, African, black British, and children's literature, as well as improved representation in the areas of science fiction, biography, travel literature, women's writing, gay and lesbian writing, and American literature. The appendices listing literary prize winners, including the Nobel, Man Booker, and Pulitzer prizes, have all been updated and there is also a timeline, chronicling the development of English literature from c. 1000 to the present day. Many entries feature recommended web links, which are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website. Written originally by a team of more than 140 distinguished authors and extensively updated for this new edition, this book provides an essential point of reference for English students, teachers, and all other readers of literature in English.

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Animals

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Animals
Author: Derek Ryan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2023-08-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1009300059

This book explores representations of animals and animality across the span of literary history, from the Middle Ages to the present.

A Handbook to Literary Research

A Handbook to Literary Research
Author: Delia da Sousa Correa
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2005-08-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1134639635

A Handbook to Literary Research is a vital, one of a kind student resource, which has been written specifically for those embarking on a Masters degree in Literature. It provides an introduction to research techniques, methodologies and information sources relevant to the study of literature at postgraduate level. The unique and invaluable guide is divided into four sections: * a practical guide to the uses of research libraries, research sources and computers, including the Internet * an introduction to the work of textual scholars and bibliographers, focusing particularly on the practical and theoretical issues faced by textual editors * an overview of literary research and literary theory, including outlines of feminist theory, deconstruction, reader-response and reception theory, new historicism, and post-colonial theory * a detailed guide on how to write and present a Masters, including a glossary and checklist for finding guides, reference books and other study sources.

A Handbook to Literary Research

A Handbook to Literary Research
Author: Simon Eliot
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1998
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780415198592

Designed for those beginning an MA in Literature, this text provides an introduction to research techniques, methodologies and information sources relevant to the study of literature at postgraduate level. Contemporary theoretical approaches are also outlined.

The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies

The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies
Author: Linda Kalof
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 641
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199927146

The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies tackles the infamous "animal question" how can humans rethink and reconfigure their relationships with other animals? Over the course of five sections and thirty chapters, the contributors investigate issues and concepts central to understanding our current relationship with other animals and the potential for coexistence in an ecological community of living beings.