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The Bluffer's Guide to Literature - Michael Kerrigan - Page 12

The "Bluffer's Guide" is a series of short, sarcastically witty guidebooks that enable a Bluffer to give the impression that they are an expert in something highly valued.... like, say, literature.
Michael Kerrigan wrote this one. It's a bit of an idiosyncratic list of books: a lot of prose, a lot of poetry, a smattering of plays, and some diehard books on literary theory right at the end, so you look really clever. Where just an author's name was mentioned, I chose a representative book.
The topics are: Britain, the United States, Post-War, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Rest of the World, a diversity section (1980s-level), and Critical Theory.
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
441
Ralph Ellison
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
442
James Baldwin
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
443
James Baldwin
The Weary Blues (Langston Hughes)
The Weary Blues
444
Langston Hughes
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
445
Alice Walker
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
446
Toni Morrison
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
447
Maya Angelou
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf (Ntozake Shange)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf
448
Ntozake Shange
Black British Literature (Prahbu Guptara)
Black British Literature
449
Prahbu Guptara
A Dangerous Knowing (Sheba)
A Dangerous Knowing
450
Sheba
Ain't I a Woman. a Book of Women's Poetry From Around the World (Illona Linthwaite (Ed.))
Ain't I a Woman. a Book of Women's Poetry From Around the World
451
Illona Linthwaite (Ed.)
Room at the Top (John Braine)
Room at the Top
452
John Braine
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
453
Charles Dickens
Oresteia (Aeschylus)
Oresteia
454
Aeschylus
Tennyson's Poetry (Alfred Tennyson)
Tennyson's Poetry
455
Alfred Tennyson
Selected Poetry (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Selected Poetry
456
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Essays in Appreciation (Christopher Ricks)
Essays in Appreciation
457
Christopher Ricks
The Power of Delight: A Lifetime in Literature (John Bayley)
The Power of Delight: A Lifetime in Literature
458
John Bayley
Course in General Linguistics (De Saussure)
Course in General Linguistics
459
De Saussure
The Official Highway Code
The Official Highway Code
460
Tristes Tropiques (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
Tristes Tropiques
461
Claude Lévi-Strauss
The Death of the Author (Roland Barthes)
The Death of the Author
462
Roland Barthes
Mythologies (Roland Barthes)
Mythologies
463
Roland Barthes
Ecrits (Jacques Lacan)
Ecrits
464
Jacques Lacan
The Order of Things (Michel Foucault)
The Order of Things
465
Michel Foucault
Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
Das Kapital
466
Karl Marx
Ode to a Nightingale (John Keats)
Ode to a Nightingale
467
John Keats
On the Reproduction of Capitalism (Louis Althusser)
On the Reproduction of Capitalism
468
Louis Althusser
Desire in Language (Julia Kristeva)
Desire in Language
469
Julia Kristeva
This Sex Which Is Not One (Luce Irigaray)
This Sex Which Is Not One
470
Luce Irigaray
The Laugh of Medusa (Hélène Cixous)
The Laugh of Medusa
471
Hélène Cixous
Of Grammatology (Jacques Derrida)
Of Grammatology
472
Jacques Derrida
Criticism in the Wilderness: The Study of Literature Today (Geoffrey Hartman)
Criticism in the Wilderness: The Study of Literature Today
473
Geoffrey Hartman
The Linguistic Moment (J. Hillis Miller)
The Linguistic Moment
474
J. Hillis Miller
Blindness and Insight (Paul De Man)
Blindness and Insight
475
Paul De Man
The Anxiety of Influence (Harold Bloom)
The Anxiety of Influence
476
Harold Bloom
Toward an Aesthetic of Reception (Hans Robert Jauss)
Toward an Aesthetic of Reception
477
Hans Robert Jauss
Prospecting: From Reader Response to Literary Anthropology (Wolfgang Iser)
Prospecting: From Reader Response to Literary Anthropology
478
Wolfgang Iser
Is There a Text in This Class (Stanley Fish)
Is There a Text in This Class
479
Stanley Fish
Literary Theory: An Introduction (Terry Eagleton)
Literary Theory: An Introduction
480
Terry Eagleton
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