Dracula: York Notes Advanced Everything You Need to Catch Up, Study and Prepare for and 2023 and 2024 Exams and Assessments

Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher: Longman
ISBN: 9781405835664
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Do you want a better understanding of the text? Do you want to know what the critics say? Do you want to know how to improve your grade? Whatever you want, York Notes can help. York Notes Advanced offers a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today’s A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Key Features: Summaries with detailed commentaries Extended commentaries on key passages Discussion of themes and literary techniques Author biography Historical and literary background Check the net/film/book features Glossary of literary terms Self-test questions

York Notes Advanced The Picture of Dorian Gray - Digital Ed

Author: Frances Gray
Publisher: Pearson UK
ISBN: 144797784X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 267

Book Description
Packed full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, 'York Notes' will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel.

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

Author: Angela Carter
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1784871435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HELEN SIMPSON From familiar fairy tales and legends âe" Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires and werewolves âe" Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories.

A/AS Level English Language and Literature for AQA Student Book

Author: Marcello Giovanelli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107465664
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313

Book Description
A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the 2015 A Level English qualifications. Endorsed for the AQA A/AS Level English Language and Literature specification for first teaching from 2015, this print Student Book offers stretch opportunities for the more able and additional scaffolding for those who need it. Providing full coverage of the specification, the unique three-part structure bridges the gap between GCSE and A Level and develops students' understanding of descriptive linguistics and literary and non-literary stylistics, together with support for the revised coursework component and new textual intervention task. An enhanced digital edition and free Teacher's Resource are also available.

Bram Stoker's Dracula: A Study Guide for a Level

Author: Therese Kenney
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781796889826
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
' Bram Stoker's Dracula: A Study Guide' aims to support the reader in extended study of the novel 'Dracula'. Throughout the guide, the reader is presented with various critical approaches to enable the exploration of style, structure, narrative voice and themes within the work. It provides careful support and a framework for reflection which challenges readers to establish their own interpretations and inform wider reading. An additional section on the writer's life and work and an outline of major critical views places the text within the wider contexts of reception and production. This guide offers students and general readers alike an account of the ways in which works have been received by academics, critical reviewers and the public. The guide is presented in four parts: Part One, Contexts of Production, considers the writer's life and times, with a focus on significant historical, social and literary contexts.Part Two introduces some critical approaches, including exploration of; narrative, characterisation, structure, key themes and relevant critical ideas.Part Three provides detailed commentary and analysis of each chapter, with relevant background information and reading tasks to enhance understanding.Part Four, Contexts of Reception, examines how the text was initially received, as well as providing a critical overview of a range of interpretations and approaches. Topics covered include: Urban Gothic, Fin-de-siècle, The New Woman, Post-colonial readings, Liminality and Othering.

Dracula

Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542625173
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420

Book Description
HOME TITLES GENRES AUTHORS LANGUAGES NEW TITLES RECOMMENDED POPULAR Dracula Cover image for Download download author: Bram Stoker published: 1897 language: English wordcount: 160,098 / 423 pg flesch-kincaid reading ease: 73.3 loc category: PR series: World's Best Reading audiobook: librivox.org downloads: 117,966 mnybks.net#: 6694 origin: gutenberg.org more info: litsum.com genres: Horror, Gothic, Fiction and Literature, Audiobook Read Online in Browser Here The world's best-known vampire story begins by following a naive young Englishman as he visits Transylvania to meet a client, the mysterious Count Dracula. Upon revealing his true nature, Dracula boards a ship for England, where chilling and gruesome disasters begin to befall the people of London... Show Excerpt ll and opened up the lofty, snow-covered peak of a mountain, which seemed, as we wound on our serpentine way, to be right before us. "Look! Isten szek!"--"God's seat!"--and he crossed himself reverently. As we wound on our endless way, and the sun sank lower and lower behind us, the shadows of the evening began to creep round us. This was emphasized by the fact that the snowy mountain-top still held the sunset, and seemed to glow out with a delicate cool pink. Here and there we passed Cszeks and slovaks, all in picturesque attire, but I noticed that goitre was painfully prevalent. By the roadside were many crosses, and as we swept by, my companions all crossed themselves. Here and there was a peasant man or woman kneeling before a shrine, who did not even turn round as we approached, but seemed in the self-surrender of devotion to have neither eyes nor ears for the outer world. There were many things new to me. For instance, hay-ricks in the trees, and here and there very beautiful masses of wee

Dracula

Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0394848284
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97

Book Description
String garlic by the window and hang a cross around your neck! The most powerful vampire of all time returns in our Stepping Stone Classic adaption of the original tale by Bran Stoker. Follow Johnathan Harker, Mina Harker, and Dr. Abraham van Helsing as they discover the true nature of evil. Their battle to destroy Count Dracula takes them from the crags of his castle to the streets of London... and back again.

Dracula: York Notes Advanced Everything You Need to Catch Up, Study and Prepare for and 2023 and 2024 Exams and Assessments

Author: Steve Roberts
Publisher: Longman
ISBN: 9781405835664
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Dracula

Author: Hamilton Deane
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573608223
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
Drama Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, from Bram Stoker's novel Characters: 6 male, 2 female 3 Interior Scenes An enormously successful revival of this classic opened on Broadway in 1977 fifty years after the original production. This is one of the great mystery thrillers and is generally considered among the best of its kind. Lucy Seward, whose father is the doctor in charge of an English sanitorium, has been attacked by some mysterious illness. Dr. Van Helsing,

In Search of Dracula

Author: Raymond T. McNally
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395657836
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
A newly revised edition of the classic account of Vlad the Impaler--just in time for Halloween--now includes entries from Bram Stoker's recently discovered diaries, the amazing tale of Nicolae Ceausescu's attempt to make Vlad a national hero, and an examination of recent adaptations in fiction, stage and screen. 70 b&w illustrations.