GRE Literature in English - GRE Test Preparation

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Designed for students and professionals looking to advance their careers, this third edition of our popular test prep contains everything you need to succeed. Focused chapter reviews cover all the information tested on the GRE Literature in English exam. Specific literary eras and writings of each period are referenced and explained to help you understand the main ideas and concepts. Drill questions with detailed solutions offer added practice so you can master the material and achieve an excellent score.

The review section also contains a Suggested Reading List, a review of Literary Criticism, and a Glossary of Literary Terms for additional study and reference.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

Unbelievable Tripe, November 9, 2010

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This review is from: GRE Literature in English (GRE Test Preparation) (Paperback)

I was taking one of the practice tests included in this book when I decided that instead of wasting more of my time I would try to prevent others from wasting theirs. The GRE Literature in English subject test is very difficult, no doubt, and there can't be a single person taking it who doesn't have the nagging feeling that they could do with more learning. There is a shortage of practice tests -- between the length and the difficulty of the questions, it can hardly be a simple test to write.

I bought this book for the three tests included, having never so much as glanced at it before. However, they are incredibly poorly written. Like, so bad that they are useless. Let's see. I found factually inaccurate questions, the sort of questions that make you wonder if the authors got their Ph.D.'s via mail-order. Only a few are inaccurate, but a great many are utterly dubious. Is Roland Barthes primarily associated with deconstruction? These authors think so.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Great practice tests with an unrealistic study plan..., September 9, 2010

Ellen Malven - See all my reviews

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To be fair, this book does contain a VERY comprehensive list of authors and titles, as well as several helpful practice tests. For the practice tests alone, this book may be worth it.

Despite that, whoever wrote this book is absolutely nuts! At the beginning of the book, a very simple, easy-breezy six-week study plan is outlined. It gives recommendations like, "This week, look at our suggested reading list...If you are unfamiliar with some of the titles, devote some study time to catch up on your reading." Sounds great, huh? That's until you realize that the 'suggested reading list' contains almost 700 titles. This is a test on literature in general, so a large number of titles is expected. However, several hundred titles aren't really my idea of casual reading. The schedule presents very unrealistic study goals for the reader, who may wind up feeling either overwhelmed or unprepared. This test requires knowledge of dates, characters, plot details, etc., and I, for...Read more