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Samuel R. Delany's Literature Pillars

"If one tried to construct the Temple of Literature from only the[fifty] "pillars" below, it would collapse spectacularly. Nevertheless, here is a contingent group of titles that, to paraphrase Christopher Higgs, if I hadn't read and reread over the years, I wouldn't be myself. How much that is worth, I'm not sure."
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Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
1
Djuna Barnes
Fragments
Fragments
2
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
3
Eileen Myles Inferno
Eileen Myles Inferno
4
The Importance of Being Iceland (Eileen Myles)
The Importance of Being Iceland
5
Eileen Myles
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
6
Charlotte Bronte
Vilette (Charlotte Bronte)
Vilette
7
Charlotte Bronte
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
8
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
9
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
10
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
11
Jane Austen
The 120 Days of Sodom
The 120 Days of Sodom
12
Julliette (Marquis De Sade)
Julliette
13
Marquis De Sade
Writing and Madness (Shoshana Felman)
Writing and Madness
14
Shoshana Felman
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
15
Herman Melville
Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd
16
Herman Melville
The Confidence Man (Herman Melville)
The Confidence Man
17
Herman Melville
Religio Medici
Religio Medici
18
Urn Burial
Urn Burial
19
The Renaissance (Walter Pater)
The Renaissance
20
Walter Pater
Imaginary Portraits
Imaginary Portraits
21
Marius the Epicurean
Marius the Epicurean
22
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica
23
Richard Hughes
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
24
George Eliot
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
25
George Eliot
Madness and Civilization (Michel Foucault)
Madness and Civilization
26
Michel Foucault
The Order of Things
The Order of Things
27
The Birth of the Clinic (Michel Foucault)
The Birth of the Clinic
28
Michel Foucault
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
29
Joanna Russ
We Who Are About To... (Joanna Russ)
We Who Are About To...
30
Joanna Russ
On Strike Against God (Joanna Russ)
On Strike Against God
31
Joanna Russ
The Two of Them (Joanna Russ)
The Two of Them
32
Joanna Russ
Of Grammatology
Of Grammatology
33
Writing and Difference
Writing and Difference
34
Dissemination (Jacques Derrida)
Dissemination
35
Jacques Derrida
Glas (Jacques Derrida)
Glas
36
Jacques Derrida
Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny (Roger Zelazny)
Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny
37
Roger Zelazny
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
38
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
39
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
40
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