Adrian Beard was previously Head of English at Gosforth High School, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and now works at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. He is a Chief Examiner for AS/A Level English Literature, Series Editor of Routledge A Level English Guides and joint Series Editor of Intertext.

• 1 Texts and contexts: a framework 2 Texts and contexts: whose dog are you? Epigram Alexander Pope 3 Texts and contexts: raising the Titanic: The Convergence of the Twain Thomas Hardy; Every Man for Himself Beryl Bainbridge; Some Unmentioned Morals G.B. Shaw 4 Attitudes, values and assumptions: Nurofen advertisement; Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen; Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain; Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe 5 Finding meanings in poetry: Mr Bleaney Philip Larkin; The Patriot Robert Browning; Sonnet 26 From the Portuguese Elizabeth Barrett Browning 6 Making readings in drama: Macbeth William Shakespeare; The Tempest William Shakespeare; Hamlet William Shakespeare; Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare; She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith; 29 January 2001 15:17:29; Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen; 7 Contexts and Shakespeare; (co-authored by Margaret Walker); The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare; 8 Similarity and difference; Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare; Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare; Hekatompathia Thomas Watson; Great Expectations Charles Dickens; Jack Maggs Peter Carey 9 Critical viewpoints: The Going Thomas Hardy.

'This text would be an asset to anyone studying AS or A2 Literature or Language and Literature, and we would be of considerable use to teachers.' - NATE

Adrian Beard was previously Head of English at Gosforth High School, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and now works at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. He is a Chief Examiner for AS/A Level English Literature, Series Editor of Routledge A Level English Guides and joint Series Editor of Intertext.

• 1 Texts and contexts: a framework 2 Texts and contexts: whose dog are you? Epigram Alexander Pope 3 Texts and contexts: raising the Titanic: The Convergence of the Twain Thomas Hardy; Every Man for Himself Beryl Bainbridge; Some Unmentioned Morals G.B. Shaw 4 Attitudes, values and assumptions: Nurofen advertisement; Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen; Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain; Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe 5 Finding meanings in poetry: Mr Bleaney Philip Larkin; The Patriot Robert Browning; Sonnet 26 From the Portuguese Elizabeth Barrett Browning 6 Making readings in drama: Macbeth William Shakespeare; The Tempest William Shakespeare; Hamlet William Shakespeare; Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare; She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith; 29 January 2001 15:17:29; Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen; 7 Contexts and Shakespeare; (co-authored by Margaret Walker); The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare; 8 Similarity and difference; Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare; Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare; Hekatompathia Thomas Watson; Great Expectations Charles Dickens; Jack Maggs Peter Carey 9 Critical viewpoints: The Going Thomas Hardy.

'This text would be an asset to anyone studying AS or A2 Literature or Language and Literature, and we would be of considerable use to teachers.' - NATE

Adrian Beard was previously Head of English at Gosforth High School, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and now works at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. He is a Chief Examiner for AS/A Level English Literature, Series Editor of Routledge A Level English Guides and joint Series Editor of Intertext.

• 1 Texts and contexts: a framework 2 Texts and contexts: whose dog are you? Epigram Alexander Pope 3 Texts and contexts: raising the Titanic: The Convergence of the Twain Thomas Hardy; Every Man for Himself Beryl Bainbridge; Some Unmentioned Morals G.B. Shaw 4 Attitudes, values and assumptions: Nurofen advertisement; Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen; Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain; Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe 5 Finding meanings in poetry: Mr Bleaney Philip Larkin; The Patriot Robert Browning; Sonnet 26 From the Portuguese Elizabeth Barrett Browning 6 Making readings in drama: Macbeth William Shakespeare; The Tempest William Shakespeare; Hamlet William Shakespeare; Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare; She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith; 29 January 2001 15:17:29; Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen; 7 Contexts and Shakespeare; (co-authored by Margaret Walker); The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare; 8 Similarity and difference; Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare; Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare; Hekatompathia Thomas Watson; Great Expectations Charles Dickens; Jack Maggs Peter Carey 9 Critical viewpoints: The Going Thomas Hardy.

'This text would be an asset to anyone studying AS or A2 Literature or Language and Literature, and we would be of considerable use to teachers.' - NATE