Contextual information for pre-1900 (specifically Renaissance) literature (AO3). Primarily covers Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi and Milton’s Paradise Lost, Books 9-10, but covers the Elizabeth/Jacobean drama & poetry genre in general. Includes over 10 pages and over 30 individual, fully expanded upon pieces of contextual material under the themes of Societal Context, Sexuality and Gender Context, Political and Authorial Context, as well as a setting out of Milton’s ‘Style’ and ‘Conceit’ in composing Paradise Lost. Resource produced by a student who achieved A* at A-Level in the 2022 series. Includes AO3 elements in line with the suggested marking criteria of A-Level exams in order to achieve the highest possible marks. Specifically adapted for OCR A Level English Literature Paper 1, ‘Drama and poetry pre-1900’. Please leave a review if choosing to download, and credit if/when reusing! Thanks.

Contextual for the Gothic (AO3). Covers Stoker’s Dracula and Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, as well as the Gothic genre in general. Includes 45 individual, fully expanded upon pieces of contextual material under the themes of Societal and Historical Content, Literary and Authorial Content, Sexuality and Gender Content, as well as a healthy handful of Contemporary Reviews from the time of the individual novels’ publication dates. Resource produced by a student who achieved A* at A-Level in the 2022 series. Includes AO3 elements in line with the suggested marking criteria of A-Level exams in order to achieve the highest possible marks. Specifically adapted for OCR A Level English Literature Paper 2, Comparative and Contextual. Please leave a review if choosing to download, and credit if/when reusing! Thanks.

A complete guide to approaching and answering Section A, Paper 2 of A Level English Literature (‘The Gothic’). Includes: Unseen Gothic One-Stop Shop (Mark scheme; Exam rubric; Luckhurst’s Gothic Waves; Gothic concerns, character archetypes and key conventions; Setting as character; Decay and language in the Gothic; Metonymy; Movements within the Gothic) Gothic Textual Survey (11 key Gothic texts across the periods of Early Gothic (1765-1788), High Gothic (1789-1813), Late Gothic (1814-1838), Post-Gothic (1839-1898), Postmodern (1960-) and the Female/Cosmic Gothic) Coverage for each text mentioned: Title, year, Author Key context Tropes Narration (1st, 2nd or 3rd person) Key characters, setting and language Resource from a student who achieved A* at A-Level in the 2022 series. Please leave a review if choosing to download, and credit if/when reusing! Thanks.