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Some Books Read for an English Degree - Page 2

Many years ago, I majored in English in college. These are some books I read for that degree. This doesn't count regular textbooks (for things like linguistics) and probably leaves off some books I've forgotten!
I noticed too late that I accidentally clicked on "Oedipus the King" instead of "Oedipus at Colonus" for the second Oedipus play, so Oedipus Rex is on the list twice!
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A Jury of Her Peers (Susan Glaspell)
A Jury of Her Peers
41
Susan Glaspell
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
42
William Shakespeare
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
43
Aristophanes
Meridian (Alice Walker)
Meridian
44
Alice Walker
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
45
William Shakespeare
The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Volume D: The Romantic Period (Norton)
The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Volume D: The Romantic Period
46
Norton
Norton Anthology of Poetry (Alexander Allison)
Norton Anthology of Poetry
47
Alexander Allison
The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction (Richard Bausch)
The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
48
Richard Bausch
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
49
Homer
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
50
Sophocles
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Oedipus the King
51
Sophocles
The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)
The Optimist's Daughter
52
Eudora Welty
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
53
William Shakespeare
Paradise (Toni Morrison)
Paradise
54
Toni Morrison
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
55
John Milton
Paradise Regained (John Milton)
Paradise Regained
56
John Milton
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
57
Stephen Crane
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
58
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Romanticism: An Anthology (Duncan Wu)
Romanticism: An Anthology
59
Duncan Wu
Samson Agonistes (John Milton)
Samson Agonistes
60
John Milton
Shiloh (Shelby Foote)
Shiloh
61
Shelby Foote
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
62
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Spoon River Anthology (Edgar Lee Masters)
Spoon River Anthology
63
Edgar Lee Masters
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
64
William Shakespeare
That's Not What I Meant: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships (Deborah Tannen)
That's Not What I Meant: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships
65
Deborah Tannen
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
66
Zora Neale Hurston
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
67
Tim O'Brien
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
68
Lewis Carroll
Timon of Athens (William Shakespeare)
Timon of Athens
69
William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
70
William Shakespeare
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
71
Virginia Woolf
Troilus and Cressida (William Shakespeare)
Troilus and Cressida
72
William Shakespeare
The Unvanquished (William Faulkner)
The Unvanquished
73
William Faulkner
Victorian Fairy Tales (Jack Zipes)
Victorian Fairy Tales
74
Jack Zipes
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
75
Mary Wollstonecraft
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
76
Flannery O'Connor
The Way of the World (William Congreve)
The Way of the World
77
William Congreve
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
78
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
79
Kenneth Grahame
The Winter's Tale (William Shakespeare)
The Winter's Tale
80
William Shakespeare
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