Resource list: HSC English Standard (prescribed texts)
This page lists resources about the prescribed texts and themes studied in the Standard 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: Experience through language | Module B: Close study of text | Module C: Texts and society
Module A: Experience through language
| Resource | Location |
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The Cambridge companion to Australian literature edited by Elizabeth Webby, 2000 |
Mitchell Library Stack storage |
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The Cambridge companion to George Bernard Shaw edited by Christopher Innes, 1998 |
State Reference Library Reference shelves |
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Carr, Renee Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run: study notes for standard english, 2008 |
State Reference Library Stack Storage |
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Gibbs, A M The art and mind of Shaw: essays in criticism, |
State Reference Library Reference shelves |
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Huggan, Graham Australian literature: postcolonialism, racism, transnationalism,2007 |
State Reference Library Stack Storage |
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Inglis, James Fighting talk: stirring speeches and battle cries from history's greatest warriors and revolutionaries, 2008 |
Mitchell Library Stack storage |
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Lee, Christopher City bushman: Henry Lawson and the Australian imagination, 2004 |
Mitchell Library Stack storage |
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The Oxford companion to Australian literature eds William H. Wilde, Joy Hooton, Barry Andrews, 1994 |
State Reference Library Reference shelves |
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Speeches that changed the world: the stories and transcripts of the moments that made history 2005 |
Mitchell Library |
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Full text speeches in many formats, and how they use rhetoric and other devices. |
Website |
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Free online study guide to Bernard Shaw’s play from Sparknotes. |
Website |
Module B: Close study of text
| Resource | Location |
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Gross, John Shylock: four hundred years in the life of a legend, 1994 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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Indyk, Ivor David Malouf: a celebration, 2001 |
Mitchell Library Stack storage |
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Johnston, John English poetry of the First World War; a study in the evolution of lyric and narrative form, 1964 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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Kelly, Veronica The theatre of Louis Nowra, 1998 |
Mitchell Library Stack storage |
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The merchant of Venice: new critical essays, edited |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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Randall, Don David Malouf, 2007 |
Mitchell Library Stack storage |
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Twentieth century interpretations of the Merchant of Venice: a collection of critical essays. Sylvan Barnet editor 1970 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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Williams, Merryn Wilfred Owen 1993 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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First world war digital poetry archive The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, produced by oxford University, is an online repository of over 7000 items of text, images, audio, and video for teaching, learning, and research. |
Website |
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Sparknotes study guide to Shakespeare’s classic play. |
Website |
Module C: Texts and society
| Resource | Location |
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Beer, John William Blake: a literary life, 2005 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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Behrendt Stephen C. Reading William Blake 1992 |
State Reference Library Stack Storage |
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The Cambridge companion to William Blake edited by Morris Eaves. 2003 |
State Reference Library Stack storage |
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Henricksen, Noel Island and otherland: Christopher Koch and his books 2003 |
Mitchell Library Stack storage |
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Water from the moon: illusion and reality in the works of Australian novelist Christopher Koch 2007 |
Mitchell Library Stack storage |
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Bibliography, reviews and web links for the Australian film, The Castle. |
Website |
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Analysis, discussions and articles concerning the Wikipedia website. |
Website |
