Long before there were creative-writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says Francine Prose. In Reading Like a Writer, Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters. She reads the work of the very best writers—Dostoyevsky, Flaubert, Kafka, Austen, Dickens, Woolf, Chekhov—and discovers why their work has endured.
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, one of his most imaginative comedies, Shakespeare explores the madness of love. This complete study edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream includes background on Shakespeare's life and Renaissance theatre, questions, writing ideas, and projects - everything students need to join in the "midsummer madness".
- Friendly reading support ensures understanding and enjoyment - Guided Reading Questions guide students through the work by raising important issues in key passages. - Footnotes explain obscure references, unusual usages, and terms
*Thorough teaching and practice of reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. *Stimulating reading texts with strong appeal to the teenage learner. *Clear and succinct grammar boxes leading to rigorous and systematic grammar practice. *Exciting and imaginative storylines with realistic teenage characters which encourage reading for pleasure and class discussion. *Pronunciation hot spots which go beyond individual sounds to tackle areas such as stress and intonation.
