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American Studies Majors Reading List - Page 2

List of recommended readings for students of American Studies at Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz, Germany. All poems and a number of short stories have been omitted from this list. In some cases - such as with Edgar Allen Poe - not all but only a sufficient number of stories must be read. In other cases there are alternatives, such as between the works of Faulkner or between Nobokov and Vonnegut.
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The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
41
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
42
The Theory of the Leisure Class (Thorstein Veblen)
The Theory of the Leisure Class
43
Thorstein Veblen
The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair
The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair
44
The Octopus
The Octopus
45
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
46
Theodore Dreiser
My Antonia by Willa Cather
My Antonia by Willa Cather
47
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
48
Edith Wharton
Three Lives
Three Lives
49
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
50
Sherwood Anderson
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
51
John Dos Passos: U.S.A
John Dos Passos: U.S.A
52
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
53
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
54
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
55
William Faulkner
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
56
Zora Neale Hurston
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
57
John Steinbeck
The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West
The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West
58
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
59
Richard Wright
The Hairy Ape (Eugene O'Neil)
The Hairy Ape
60
Eugene O'Neil
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
61
Eugene O'Neill
6 Plays of Clifford Odets (Clifford Odets)
6 Plays of Clifford Odets
62
Clifford Odets
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
63
Death of a Salesman (By Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman (By Arthur Miller)
64
A Streetcar Named Desire (By Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire (By Tennessee Williams)
65
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
66
Saul Bellow Herzog
Saul Bellow Herzog
67
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
68
J.D. Salinger
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
69
Truman Capote
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
70
Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
71
Ken Kesey
The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer
The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer
72
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
73
Sylvia Plath
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
74
Vladimir Nabokov
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
75
Philip Roth
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
76
Kurt Vonnegut
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
77
Joseph Heller
Lost in the Funhouse
Lost in the Funhouse
78
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
79
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
80
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