Bloom's Literature
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- Suitable for: Grades 8-12
- Description: A multimedia literature database that provides overviews, essays, criticism, biographies, videos, and contextual information for literature studies. Helps students build academic writing and critical thinking skills, interpret literature, build strong arguments, and connect literature to the real world.
- Citations: MLA, Chigago, Harvard and APA style citations available by clicking “Citation” at the top of any article
This resource is available until June 30, 2027.
From the vendor:
Bloom’s Literature is a source for literary analysis, criticism, and research guidance. It offers reference articles, performance videos, author interviews, podcasts, full-text literary works, and more, all covering literary subjects that range from frequently studied authors and works to multicultural classics to contemporary literature.
This resource includes:
- Thousands of in-depth articles on authors, famous works, popular characters, literary movements, and historical events that help place literature in context.
- A Shakespeare Center that offers all things William Shakespeare in one convenient location. Here you can find the full, searchable text of all his plays; performance videos; scholarly criticism; extensive background articles; “How to Write about William Shakespeare” entries; essay topics; and more.
- Literary Classics eBook shelf, which contains the full contents of 1,000+ classic works, including The Great Gatsby, Jane Eyre, the novels of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, and much more.
- More than 1,300 full-length literary videos, including classic feature-film performances, such as Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier starring in Shakespeare plays; BBC adaptations of novels such as Pride and Prejudice; famous stage productions; interviews with major contemporary authors; and more.
