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In-depth lecture notes covering Shakespeare's tragedy, 'King Lear' - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes include key contexts of tragedy, and larger concepts within the play, such as psychoanalytical and existential interpretations.

In-depth lecture notes covering Shakespeare's poetry, namely 'The Rape of Lucrece' and 'Venus and Adonis' - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes include key contexts of poetic form, origins of the poems, and the larger themes at work within them.

In-depth lecture notes covering Shakespeare's, 'The Merchant of Venice' - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes elaborate on deeper conceptual themes within the play, including a scene by scene analysis and discussion, and featuring many useful quotes from the play as well as from notable critics.

In-depth lecture notes covering Shakespeare's problem play, 'Measure for Measure' - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes include key contexts, scene by scene analysis and quotes, as well as the larger themes towards the play points

In-depth lecture notes covering key contexts of comedy - origins of comedy, its various developments and evolutions, and the ways in which Shakespeare employs comedy in his works.

In-depth lecture notes covering the poetry of Louis Macniece - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes cover a range of larger concepts and contexts regarding Macniece's place within Modern Literature, notably his poetic style, voice, and key themes within a wide range of his works.

In-depth lecture notes covering the poetry of the first world war - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes cover a range of larger concepts and contexts regarding the poetry of Wilfred Owen, Edward Thomas and Siegfried Sassoon; the often tenuous line between satire and realism in their poetry, and the key inspirations that shaped their work.

In-depth lecture notes covering E.M. Forster's - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes cover a range of larger concepts and contexts regarding Forster's place within Modern Literature, notably his narrative form and voice.

In-depth lecture notes covering Katherine Mansfield's Short stories - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes cover a range of larger concepts and contexts regarding Mansfield's place within Modern Literature, notably her narrative form and voice.

Lecture notes on a selection Shakespeare's key plays, including contextual information on theories of tragedy and comedy. The lecture notes offer in depth analyses of each play- covering key themes, inspirations, concepts and contexts.