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York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I used the York Notes Advanced on F.Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" whilst studying my AS levels, and whilst I found it useful for glossing over some of the easy issues, I didn't feel it went into enough depth in some areas. However, I find York Notes Advanced to be one of the best reference books around and would recommend getting one for any book you may study.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Barcode: 9780582823105
So, like most people, i used CGP notes while doing my GCSE's and found them mostly good (especially on the poem anthologies) - the humour though, while sometimes fun on many occasions got in the way of serious learning and the notes were brief when dealing with full length plays and novels.
Step in York Notes. For my A Level English i got one of these books for each of my set texts and they were massively helpful in prompting class discussions, writing essays and revising for the exams. They offer detailed chapter summaries and analyse them in an extremely informative way.
There's quotes too, maybe a little too few, but the ones they pick out are good and then at the end of the book you get a wealth of extra info relating to characters, themes and symbolism. If you're an A Level English student or a parent who wants their kids to do well, i'd get these notes - they make your life a lot, lot easier.
So, like most people, i used CGP notes while doing my GCSE's and found them mostly good (especially on the poem anthologies) - the humour though, while sometimes fun on many occasions got in the way of serious learning and the notes were brief when dealing with full length plays and novels.
Step in York Notes. For my A Level English i got one of these books for each of my set texts and they were massively helpful in prompting class discussions, writing essays and revising for the exams. They offer detailed chapter summaries and analyse them in an extremely informative way.
There's quotes too, maybe a little too few, but the ones they pick out are good and then at the end of the book you get a wealth of extra info relating to characters, themes and symbolism. If you're an A Level English student or a parent who wants their kids to do well, i'd get these notes - they make your life a lot, lot easier.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This study-aid is a concise, insightful basis upon which to study F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel. Designed for A-Level's it is, nevertheless, extremely helpful to those studying at degree level. I'd also recommend it to anyone who is interested in the text - it really is informative.
There are several ommisions (minor points really) that I would have included in the study-aid (but then The Great Gatsby is literally packed with meaning and it would be impossible to include everything), but, on the whole, this is a sound book and very helpful.
There are several ommisions (minor points really) that I would have included in the study-aid (but then The Great Gatsby is literally packed with meaning and it would be impossible to include everything), but, on the whole, this is a sound book and very helpful.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
brilliant study aid
i got this book (or an earlier edition of it) when i was studying for my Higher English exam, I also got the study guide for Othello. Read more
Published 3 months ago by natz89
Good study aid
Bought this for my nephew to help him prepare for formal exam where this is the core text. He found it useful as a study aid to review alongside the novel itself.
Published 15 months ago by K. Boyle
Great Revision Tool
Great Revision tool and helps with understanding of some of the main themes and symbolism; West Egg v East Egg, the Green Light, Dr TJ Eckleberg's eyes etc... Really Helpful!
Published 16 months ago by Rachel
A must-have for A-level English students studying this novel!
This book is well written (as all York Advanced Notes are) and contains a lot of historical and social context which it is necessary to research when studying The Great Gatsby - as... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Niki_gir
Great Gatsby
This was for my daughter's AS year at school and arrived in plenty of time and was in good condition I would use this seller again.
Published 19 months ago by Mrs H
would recommend
amazing book, is really helpful, couldnt find it anywhere else so thank you:)
fast postage also:D
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Published 19 months ago by tahreem
Love it.
This was amazingly helpful seeing as i was doing my AS level exam last year. I haven't got my results yet but the booklet had really helpful information. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Fatimew
Great Revision Help
This book is brilliant for anyone revising for their A levels, it is very informative, and gives you a lot of contextual information as well, which greatly helps your understanding... Read more
Published 24 months ago by HellsBells
very helpful
I ordered this book for my son who needs it for his AS English Literature course. All the local bookshops in our area didn't have it in stock so I contacted Amazon who had plenty... Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2010 by S. Patterson
Lacking in detail
The book gives an acceptable brief summation of each chapter; however, advanced analysis is quite limited, and bizzarely, only the even chapters are analysed. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2008 by C.D.B
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