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An English Major's College Reading List - Page 2

The works I read for one class or another while pursuing a lucrative degree in comparative literature. If you can honestly say you read more than 50% of the works here, I hereby give you your honorary degree in English Lit--if you don't already have one.
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Selected Essays (T. S. Eliot)
Selected Essays
41
T. S. Eliot
The Complete Poems & Plays of T.S. Eliot
The Complete Poems & Plays of T.S. Eliot
42
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
43
William Faulkner
The Hamlet (William Faulkner)
The Hamlet
44
William Faulkner
Sanctuary (William Faulkner)
Sanctuary
45
William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
46
William Faulkner
Requiem for a Nun
Requiem for a Nun
47
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
48
William Faulkner
"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner
"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner
49
What Was Literature?: Class Culture and Society (Leslie A. Fiedler)
What Was Literature?: Class Culture and Society
50
Leslie A. Fiedler
Surprised by Sin: The Reader in Paradise Lost (Stanley Fish)
Surprised by Sin: The Reader in Paradise Lost
51
Stanley Fish
There's No Such Thing as Free Speech: And It's a Good Thing, Too (Stanley Fish)
There's No Such Thing as Free Speech: And It's a Good Thing, Too
52
Stanley Fish
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
53
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
54
Gustave Flaubert
Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students (Mignon Fogarty)
Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students
55
Mignon Fogarty
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
56
Viktor Frankl
Robert Frost Poems
Robert Frost Poems
57
Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (Paul Fussell)
Poetic Meter and Poetic Form
58
Paul Fussell
A Gathering of Old Men (Ernest Gaines)
A Gathering of Old Men
59
Ernest Gaines
Grendel
Grendel
60
Garner's Modern American Usage (Bryan A. Garner)
Garner's Modern American Usage
61
Bryan A. Garner
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Trans. by Benjamin R. Foster)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
62
Trans. by Benjamin R. Foster
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
63
William Golding
Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories (Ellen Gilchrist)
Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories
64
Ellen Gilchrist
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
65
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, Issa (Robert Hass)
The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, Issa
66
Robert Hass
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
67
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Adams Critical Theory Since Plato (Hazard Adams, Editor)
Adams Critical Theory Since Plato
68
Hazard Adams, Editor
Critical Theory Since 1965 (Hazard Adams, Editor)
Critical Theory Since 1965
69
Hazard Adams, Editor
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
70
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
71
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
72
Ernest Hemingway
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
73
Hermann Hesse
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
74
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
75
Homer
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
76
Virgil
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
77
Aldous Huxley
The Devils of Loudun (Aldous Huxley)
The Devils of Loudun
78
Aldous Huxley
Existentialism From Dostoevsky to Sartre (Walter Kaufmann)
Existentialism From Dostoevsky to Sartre
79
Walter Kaufmann
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
80
Franz Kafka
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