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In-depth lecture notes covering key theories of tragedy, its developments and evolutions, and the ways in which Shakespeare employs such concepts in his tragedies. These notes include Classical origins, and Shakespeare's tragedies: Macbeth, King Lear and Hamlet.

In-depth lecture notes covering Shakespeare's tragedy, 'Macbeth' - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes include key contexts of Shakespearean tragedy, the play's structure, and the conceptual notion of 'time' in the play.

In-depth lecture notes covering Shakespeare's sonnets - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes include key contexts of the sonnets, various interpretations and larger conceptual themes (notably sexuality, gender, class), and key concepts of the sonnet form.

In-depth lecture notes covering Shakespeare's comedy, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes include key contexts of comedy, its various 'spheres of action', as well as Post-Structuralism and narrative systems within the play.

A Powerpoint which provides an overview of the key contexts, literary concepts, themes and works from the Modern Period. Perfect for revision, this powerpoint summarises the key quotes, themes and contexts in texts by Lawrence, Forster, Mansfield, Woolf, WW1 poets, and Louis Macniece.

In-depth lecture notes covering Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs Dalloway' - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes cover a range of larger concepts and contexts regarding Woolf's integral place within Modern Literature, notably her narrative form and voice; the ways in which she attempts to capture 'an ordinary mind on an ordinary day'

In-depth lecture notes covering Virginia Woolf's 'To the Lighthouse' - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes cover a range of larger concepts and contexts regarding Woolf's integral place within Modern Literature, notably her narrative form and voice; existentialism, expressionism, and her exploration of the epiphanic moment.

In-depth lecture notes covering D.H.Lawrence's 'Sons and Lovers' - key contexts, inspirations, themes and quotes. These notes cover a range of larger concepts and contexts regarding Lawrence's place within Modern Literature, notably his narrative form and voice, and the significance of the landscape in shaping his literature.