Publisher's Synopsis
Exam board: AQA B, Edexcel, Eduqas, Cambridge Assessment International Education
Level & Subject: AS and A level English Literature
First teaching: September 2015; September 2019
Next exams: 2025
This edition of King Lear is perfect for A-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.
- Affordable high quality complete play for King Lear
- Demystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentary
- Set the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretations
- Recall plot summaries at the beginning of each scene
- Support A Level revision and essay writing with theme and character indexes
- Help with social, historical and literary context with the bespoke timeline of Shakespeare's life and times
