Consider other plays written by Arthur Miller, such as Death of a Salesman and All My Sons. Especially consider The Crucible which, like A View from the Bridge, explores themes of justice and the consequences of naming names.
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, set in Chicago in the 1950s, could invite comparison to Miller’s work in showing a family’s struggles in a different mid-century American city. Other novels set in New York City in the 1950s, like A Catcher in the Rye (Salinger) and Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Capote), could show a highly contrasting version of the city than the one we see in A View from the Bridge. The novel Brooklyn by Colm Toibin, published in 2009 and...
