free guidance notes on all aspects of literary studies, with explanations of technical terms and examples of good practice
- Analysing characters
- Analysing fiction – a glossary
- Analysing narratives
- Analysis of a Shakespeare sonnet
- Bleak House close reading
- Bookseller jargon
- Close reading tutorials
- Essay plans
- Glossary of essay instruction terms
- How to avoid plagiarism
- How to buy books for a penny
- How to cite electronic sources
- How to create a bibliography
- How to fail your dissertation
- How to get an academic teaching job
- How to read a novel
- How to structure an essay
- How to study a novel
- How to summarize a book
- How to take notes
- How to use quotation marks
- How to use quotations
- How to write a thesis abstract
- How to write book reviews
- Nineteenth Century – literary timeline – part 1
- Nineteenth Century – literary timeline – part 2
- Nineteenth Century – literary timeline – part 3
- Point of View
- Sample essay introductions [advanced]
- The Novella
- The Short Story – essential works
- Twentieth Century – literary timeline – part 1
- Twentieth Century – literary timeline – part 2
- Twentieth Century – literary timeline – part 3
- What is close reading?