Resource list: HSC English Advanced (prescribed texts)
This page lists resources about the prescribed texts and themes studied in the Advanced course. They are arranged by module and elective.
For a complete list of texts see the NSW Board of Studies prescribed texts 2009-2014 [PDF 78.27KB].
Module A: Comparative study of texts and context | Module B: Critical study of texts | Module C: Representation and text
MODULE A: Comparative study of texts and context
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The Blade runner experience: the legacy of a science fiction classic edited by Will Brooker, 2005 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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The Cambridge companion to Jane Austen edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster, 1997 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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The Cambridge companion to Mary Shelley edited by Esther Schor, 2003 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: The great Gatsby edited by Nicolas Tredell, 1997 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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Reid, David The Metaphysical poets |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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Richmond, Hugh M King Richard III, 1989 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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A society dedicated to the study of Richard III in literature and history. |
Website |
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An overview of contemporary criticism of Shelley’s work. |
Website |
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Voice of the shuttle – Victorian Literature Comprehensive listing of Victorian literature websites. |
Website |
ModulE B: Critical study of texts
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The Cambridge companion to W.B. Yeats edited by Marjorie Howes, John Kelly, 2006 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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Hamlet: new critical essays edited by Arthur F. Kinney, 2002 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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Kenneth Slessor: critical readings edited by Philip Mead, 1997 |
Mitchell Library Stack storage |
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O’Toole, Fintan Shakespeare is hard, but so is life: a radical guide to Shakespearian tragedy 2002 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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This site looks at the world of Charlotte Bronte, her themes, criticism and characterization. |
Website |
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The history, techniques and critical view of Orson Welles’s masterpiece. Includes useful dialogue from the film. |
Website |
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A selection of high quality Hamlet websites |
Website |
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Useful links to poetry, criticism and biographical works about W B Yeats. |
Website |
Module C: Representation and text
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Larsson, Christer "The relative merits of goodness and originality": the ethics of storytelling in Peter Carey's novels 2001 |
Mitchell Library Stack storage |
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Roberts, Neil Ted Hughes: a literary life, 2006 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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Absolute Shakespeare: Julius Caesar Julius Caesar study guide from the Absolute Shakespeare site. |
Website |
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Earth-Moon a Ted Hughes website A meeting place for readers, scholars, students, enthusiasts and anyone else with an interest in Ted Hughes's work |
Website |
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Robertson’s own page contains his articles and a biography. |
Website |
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From Enotes, a page of references and links about the author. |
Website |
