Research the historical period in which the work was written.
Original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news.
This cross-curricular research database supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.
Research the social/cultural context in which the work was written.
The Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare
Japan: It's History and Culture
Kate Chopin (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)
Cambridge Introduction to Mark Twain
Progressivism: a Very Short Introduction
Forest Beatniks & Urban Thoreaus: Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Lew Welch & Michael McClure
The Routledge Concise History of Latino/a Literature
Jamaica Kincaid: Writing Memory, Writing Back to Mother
For current literature, find reviews in magazines & newspapers.
Research the literary movement or genre with which the work is associated.