Packed full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. You'll learn all about the historical context of the piece; find detailed discussions of key passages and characters; learn interesting facts about the text; and discover structures, patterns and themes that you may never have known existed. In the Advanced Notes, specific sections on critical thinking, and ...
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Packed full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. You'll learn all about the historical context of the piece; find detailed discussions of key passages and characters; learn interesting facts about the text; and discover structures, patterns and themes that you may never have known existed. In the Advanced Notes, specific sections on critical thinking, and advice on how to read critically yourself, enable you to engage with the text in new and different ways. Full glossaries, self-test questions and suggested reading lists will help you fully prepare for your exam, while internet links and references to film, TV, theatre and the arts combine to fully immerse you in your chosen text. York Notes offer an exciting and accessible key to your text, enabling you to develop your ideas and transform your studies!
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Add this copy of Regeneration to cart. $40.81, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2016 by Audible Studios on Brilliance audio.
This is actually the first book of what became a trilogy; ideally, one should read them all -- this book first, next, The Eye in the Door, and finally, The Ghost Road. Barker has taken a kernel of reality (several of her characters are based upon real individuals) and built a fictional work that conveys the utter pointlessness of World War I. It?s set in England, and most of it takes place in a psychiatric institution. Her style suits the book perfectly and her characterization and her study of those whose minds have become unbalanced by the brutality of the trenches is spot-on. She channels several brilliant men whom the average American does not know nearly well enough: Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves and W. H. R. Rivers. (I'm guessing our friends across the pond are better acquainted with at least a couple of these guys.) Her own fictional creations are equally well-realized. This trilogy has spurred a renewed interest in World War I, and the poetry of that war, among non-academics.
