English Literature A-Level
Intertextuality and historical revisionism
What Intertextuality and historical revisionism means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Acting as a sequel to Shakespeare's Macbeth, the play invites exploration of its intertextual relationship and how Greig subverts expectations of the 'liberating' force.
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