1. Developing Response to Literature 16-19 Introduction: Imagining Literature in the Classroom 1. Debating the Literature Curriculum 2. Defining the Literature Curriculum 3. Actualising the Literature Curriculum 2. Teaching Poetry Introduction: Poetry in the 16-19 Classroom 1. Teaching Poetry 2. Teaching Poems 3. Teaching the Novel Introduction: The Novel in the 16-19 Classroom 1. Teaching the Novel 2. Teaching Novels 4. Teaching Drama Introduction: Drama in the 16-19 Classroom 1. Teaching Drama 2. Teaching Plays 3. Teaching Shakespeare 5. Teaching Theory and Criticism Introduction: Exploring Context and Interpretation 1. Questions of Value 2. Questions of ‘Meaning’ 3. Using Literary Criticism 6. Teaching Contexts Introduction: Crossing Forms, Crossing Time 1. Teaching Narrative 2. Teaching Modes 3. Teaching Periods and Movements 4. Bringing Text and Context Together 7. Teaching Writing Introduction: Reading and Writing, Creativity and Criticism 1. Thinking, Talking, Reading, Writing 2. Creative Responses to Texts 3. The Critical Essay Afterword References