crossref-it.info - AS/A2 English Literature Study Guides - texts in context.

Crossref-it materials are designed to be interactive and flexible.

Organisation

Crossref-it.info material is organised into four handy subject areas:

• Writers in context covers the life and times of various authors, and what was going on socially, politically and in the world of ideas / beliefs
• Aspects of literature takes particular genres and eras and helps you appreciate the key characteristics of that style of writing
• Texts in detail provides detailed commentary on a growing number of exam texts featured in the current A level syllabuses
• Successful study
  • Students – helpful information about how to succeed at A Level
  • Teachers – a growing bank of downloadable resources on the featured exam texts, written by teachers for teachers

Navigation

• If you know what you are looking for, use the search function
• Once you have brought up a page:
  • The left hand grey column lists other articles within the same subject area
  • The top right hand green box lists terms within the article for which there is further information
  • The lower right hand green column lists the bookmarks of the page you are on.

Links

• Colour coded references indicate where you can find out more information
  • hover the cursor over the reference and a summary explanation pops up
  • click on it and a page of information appears
• Want to go deeper? Throughout the guide there are invitations to read More
  • brief additional information is presented in grey boxes or
  • click on the More reference for further detail on the topics.