This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new windowBloom’s Literature contains reference essays and literary criticism examining the lives of great authors—from William Shakespeare to J. K. Rowling—and their works throughout history from a wide range of scholarly and critical sources. It is packed with information on thousands of works, the finest contemporary and classic writers from around the world, more than 49,000 major and minor literary characters, and literary movements and themes that help place literature in context.