LibGuides: ENGL 249 U.S. Latinx Literature (Moreno): Find Introductory Contexts

Learn about Literary and Historical Contexts

Literary Contexts
Historical & Cultural Contexts

Introduction to Literary Analysis in Gale Literature

Get an introduction to the conversation on literary movements, key themes, stylistic choices, critical reception, and historical contexts with Topic and Work Overviews, Biographies, News, Reviews, and Interviews.

Step 1: Type in any or a mix of the following. Experiment!

Author: ex "Lopez, Josefina" or "Josefina Lopez"
Title: ex: "Real Women have Curves"
Keyword: ex: "identity"
Genre or Concept: ex: "Latin American literature"

Step 2: Search and Select by Source Type from Reviews, News, Interviews, Topic & Work Overviews, and Biographies.

Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
Search for literary work overviews and author biographies plus scholarly literary criticism and analysis of authors and their works - novels, short stories, poetry, and drama including Shakespeare plays.

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A search for info on "Real Women have Curves"

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A search for information on Latin American Literature

U.S. History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers, reference sources, primary documents, and selected websites.
History Study Center (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Primary and secondary sources covering global history from ancient times to the present day. Study Units offer editorially selected material on over 500 historical topics. Over 40,000 documents, articles, images and links to websites.
U.S. History OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Full-text scholarly journals and magazines covering US history from the earliest settlements to the 21st century.

Find info two ways:

Browse for Topic Pages under "Hispanic Americans"
Search with Keywords for sources on a specific historical topic.
For introductory works, I suggest limiting to Reference.

See the image below for the browsing page on "Hispanic Americans". Click on the image to enlarge.

Find Books for Context

Use books for historical, biographical, and cultural contexts.

Search by author, era, issue, etc.