Works
Works which are commonly included in the canon include works of fiction such as some epic poems, poetry, music, drama, novels, and other assorted forms of literature from the many diverse Western (and more recently non-Western) cultures. Many non-fiction works are also listed, primarily from the areas of religion, mythology, science, philosophy, psychology, economics, politics, and history.
Works which directly address the canon (both for and against):
- Debating the Canon: A Reader from Addison to Nafisi by Lee Morrissey (ISBN 978-1403968203)
- The History of Western Literature by Otto Maria Carpeaux (eight volumes, only available in Portuguese)
- The Oldest Dead White European Males and Other Reflections on the Classics by Bernard Knox (ISBN 9780393312331.
- Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom (ISBN 978-1573227513)
- The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages by Harold Bloom (ISBN 978-1573225144)
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Famous quotes containing the word works:
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Is passed in sleep; at night he hunts;
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