Contains six essays in which the authors examine the historical context of the literary works of early twentieth-century American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, focusing on the cultural and intellectual climate of the 1920s and 1930s, and its influence on his writing.
Presents a short biography on Ralph Waldo Emerson, and historical essays written on the social, cultural, and political relevance of his thinking on natural science, individualism, religion, slavery, and women's rights.
Contains essays by various authors in which they examine poems of Emily Dickinson in a historical context, discussing how her works reflect the political, social, and economic circumstances of the era in which they were written.
Offers a historical overview of the short stories and novels of Edith Wharton, discussing how her writings transformed American fiction in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
an historical guide to the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales
Lambdin, Laura C
1999
Contains thirty-two entries, one for each of the pilgrims in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," that provide detailed historical descriptions of their occupations.
a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents
Megna-Wallace, Joanne
1998
Studies the major issues that are present in Maya Angelou's autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and discusses how it reflects many of the challenges that African-Americans have to face.
The sample unit uses literature to teach the story of the Civil War. Six core books--two works of historical fiction (Across five Aprils/by Irene Hunt; Bull Run/by Paul Fleischman) two informational books (The Boy's War/by Jim Murphy; Undying glory/by Clinton Cox), and two biographies (Lincoln: a photobiography/ by Russell Freedman; Behind rebel lines/by Seymour Reit)--are used to build the unit. Aimed at grades 4-8.
