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Bound to Please: An Extraordinary One-Volume Literary Education - Page 3

An eclectic mix indeed. We have Becket, we have Burroughs, we have Ovid, we have Pratchett. We have letters, diaries, criticism, poetry, novels, plays. We don't, however, have any Shakespeare. Anyway, Simon at Goodreads was kind enough to list all the literary works mentioned in Dirda's opus...
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Lectures on Literature (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lectures on Literature
81
Vladimir Nabokov
Selected Letters, Vol. 4: 1918-1921 (Marcel Proust)
Selected Letters, Vol. 4: 1918-1921
82
Marcel Proust
Proust's Way: A Field Guide to 'In Search of Lost Time' (Roger Shattuck)
Proust's Way: A Field Guide to 'In Search of Lost Time'
83
Roger Shattuck
Kipling, Auden and Co.: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964 (Randall Jarrell)
Kipling, Auden and Co.: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964
84
Randall Jarrell
Seven Types of Ambiguity (William Empson)
Seven Types of Ambiguity
85
William Empson
Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays (Northrop Frye)
Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays
86
Northrop Frye
Theory of Prose (Victor Scklovsky)
Theory of Prose
87
Victor Scklovsky
Night Watch (Terry Pratchett)
Night Watch
88
Terry Pratchett
Second Sight (Paul Christopher #7) (Charles McCarry)
Second Sight (Paul Christopher #7)
89
Charles McCarry
Grievance (K.C. Constantine)
Grievance
90
K.C. Constantine
Sergio Leone: Something to Do With Death (Christopher Frayling)
Sergio Leone: Something to Do With Death
91
Christopher Frayling
Suspects (Thomas Berger)
Suspects
92
Thomas Berger
A Rage in Harlem (Chester Himes)
A Rage in Harlem
93
Chester Himes
The End of a Primitive (Chester Himes)
The End of a Primitive
94
Chester Himes
Chester Himes: A Life (James Sallis)
Chester Himes: A Life
95
James Sallis
The Wine-Dark Sea (Robert Aickman)
The Wine-Dark Sea
96
Robert Aickman
The Avram Davidson Treasury (Avram Davidson)
The Avram Davidson Treasury
97
Avram Davidson
Cornell Woolrich: First You Dream, Then You Die (Francis M. Nevins, Jr.)
Cornell Woolrich: First You Dream, Then You Die
98
Francis M. Nevins, Jr.
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
99
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan Forever: The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs the Creator of Tarzan (John Taliaferro)
Tarzan Forever: The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs the Creator of Tarzan
100
John Taliaferro
Algernon Blackwood: An Extraordinary Life (Mike Ashley)
Algernon Blackwood: An Extraordinary Life
101
Mike Ashley
Uncle Fred in the Springtime (P.G. Wodehouse)
Uncle Fred in the Springtime
102
P.G. Wodehouse
Right Ho, Jeeves (P. G. Wodehouse)
Right Ho, Jeeves
103
P. G. Wodehouse
Leave It to Psmith (P. G. Wodehouse)
Leave It to Psmith
104
P. G. Wodehouse
Yours, Plum the Letters of P.G. Wodehouse (P.G. Wodehouse)
Yours, Plum the Letters of P.G. Wodehouse
105
P.G. Wodehouse
Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett (James Knowlson)
Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett
106
James Knowlson
Watt (Samuel Beckett)
Watt
107
Samuel Beckett
Murphy (Samuel Beckett)
Murphy
108
Samuel Beckett
Why Beckett (Enoch Brater)
Why Beckett
109
Enoch Brater
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
110
Samuel Beckett
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
111
Samuel Beckett
Djuna: The Life and Work of Djuna Barnes (Phillip Herring)
Djuna: The Life and Work of Djuna Barnes
112
Phillip Herring
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
113
Djuna Barnes
Collected Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Collected Fictions
114
Jorge Luis Borges
The Aleph (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph
115
Jorge Luis Borges
No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien (Anthony Cronin)
No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien
116
Anthony Cronin
The Best of Myles (Flann O'Brien)
The Best of Myles
117
Flann O'Brien
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
118
Flann O'Brien
The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa (Fernando Pessoa)
The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa
119
Fernando Pessoa
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
120
Fernando Pessoa
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