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70 Years, 70 Books: Poetry, Myth, and Legend

Our maverick English Teacher and contrarian reflects on his upcoming 70th birthday and lists 70 works of and about poetry, myth, and legend which have particular meaning for fin. The list is purely personal, and is in no way meant to be exhaustive or representative. Our compiler just likes them. At his age, he doesn't really think it matters if anyone else does.
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The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
1
Virgil
The Anglo Saxon World (Kevin Crossley-Holland)
The Anglo Saxon World
2
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Arthurian Romances (Chrétien De Troyes)
Arthurian Romances
3
Chrétien De Troyes
Arthur's Britain (Alcock)
Arthur's Britain
4
Alcock
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
5
Tr. Seamus Heaney
The Best of Ogden Nash (Ogden Nash)
The Best of Ogden Nash
6
Ogden Nash
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
7
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
8
Langston Hughes
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot (T.S. Eliot)
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot
9
T.S. Eliot
The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton
The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton
10
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
11
W.B. Yeats
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden (W.H. Auden)
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden
12
W.H. Auden
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens (Wallace Stevens)
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
13
Wallace Stevens
Collected Poems Stevie Smith (Stevie Smith)
Collected Poems Stevie Smith
14
Stevie Smith
The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton (Anne Sexton)
The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton
15
Anne Sexton
The Complete Poems of E. E. Cummings (E. E. Cummings)
The Complete Poems of E. E. Cummings
16
E. E. Cummings
Complete Poems of Robert Frost (Robert Frost)
Complete Poems of Robert Frost
17
Robert Frost
Coney Island of the Mind (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
Coney Island of the Mind
18
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The Death of King Arthur (Anonymous)
The Death of King Arthur
19
Anonymous
Epic and Romance (Ker)
Epic and Romance
20
Ker
Eyrbyggja Saga (Anonymous)
Eyrbyggja Saga
21
Anonymous
A Far Rockaway of the Heart (Ferlinghetti)
A Far Rockaway of the Heart
22
Ferlinghetti
Genesis (Mitchell)
Genesis
23
Mitchell
Gilgamesh (Tr. Stephen Mitchell)
Gilgamesh
24
Tr. Stephen Mitchell
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (H.R. Davidson)
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe
25
H.R. Davidson
The History of the Kings of Britain (Geoffrey of Monmouth)
The History of the Kings of Britain
26
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
27
Allen Ginsberg
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
28
Maya Angelou
Idylls of the King (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
Idylls of the King
29
Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Iliad (Penguin Classics)
The Iliad
30
Penguin Classics
In Search of the Trojan War (Michael Wood)
In Search of the Trojan War
31
Michael Wood
Kaddish (Allen Ginsberg)
Kaddish
32
Allen Ginsberg
Laxdæla Saga (Anonymous)
Laxdæla Saga
33
Anonymous
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
34
Thomas Malory
Lyrical Ballads (William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Lyrical Ballads
35
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Medieval English Verse (Stone)
Medieval English Verse
36
Stone
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
37
Ovid
Moored Man (Kevin Crossley-Holland)
Moored Man
38
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
Mythology
39
Edith Hamilton
Niebelungenlied (Penguin Classics)
Niebelungenlied
40
Penguin Classics
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