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The English Teacher's Redemption List: Academia-Approved Stuff He Actually Read

Our retired maverick English Teacher was surprised by the reaction to his humiliation list, and thought he should post a list of what he HAS read, lest his readers think he was either a fraud, or an idiot (the jury is still out on that one), or both. So, despite his loathing of the official academic canon and his promotion of genre fiction as an art form, here are 160 academy sanctioned works he has actually read, some more than once. He could have kept going, but he thought that was pushing his luck.
Note: the list is in chronological order from the beginning of lit until 1990. If you feel like you're getting lost in medieval esoterica, just keep going. You'll come out again.
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Genesis (Mitchell)
Genesis
1
Mitchell
Gilgamesh (Tr. Stephen Mitchell)
Gilgamesh
2
Tr. Stephen Mitchell
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
3
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
4
Homer
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
5
Lao-Tzu
The Persian Expedition (Xenophon)
The Persian Expedition
6
Xenophon
Agamemnon (Arnott)
Agamemnon
7
Arnott
Libation Bearers & Eumenides (Arnott)
Libation Bearers & Eumenides
8
Arnott
The Persians (Aeschylus)
The Persians
9
Aeschylus
Three Greek Plays for the Theatre (Arnott)
Three Greek Plays for the Theatre
10
Arnott
The Complete Plays of Sophocles (Sophocles)
The Complete Plays of Sophocles
11
Sophocles
Euripides -- Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, the Trojan Women, Electra, T
Euripides -- Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, the Trojan Women, Electra, T
12
The Clouds & the Pot of Gold (Arnott)
The Clouds & the Pot of Gold
13
Arnott
War Commentaries of Caesar (Warner (Trans.))
War Commentaries of Caesar
14
Warner (Trans.)
The Rope and Other Plays (Plautus)
The Rope and Other Plays
15
Plautus
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
16
Crossley-Holland
Battle of Maldon (Crossley-Holland)
Battle of Maldon
17
Crossley-Holland
The Saga of the Volsungs (Jesse L. Byock (Translator))
The Saga of the Volsungs
18
Jesse L. Byock (Translator)
Eyrbyggja Saga (Anonymous)
Eyrbyggja Saga
19
Anonymous
Egil's Saga (Anonymous)
Egil's Saga
20
Anonymous
Orkneyinga Saga (Anonymous)
Orkneyinga Saga
21
Anonymous
The Vinland Sagas (Penguin Classics)
The Vinland Sagas
22
Penguin Classics
The Song of Roland (Anonymous)
The Song of Roland
23
Anonymous
Arthur, King of Britain (Richard Brengle)
Arthur, King of Britain
24
Richard Brengle
Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Bede)
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
25
Bede
The History of the Kings of Britain (Penguin Classics)
The History of the Kings of Britain
26
Penguin Classics
Arthurian Romances (Chretien De Troyes)
Arthurian Romances
27
Chretien De Troyes
The Quest of the Holy Grail
The Quest of the Holy Grail
28
The Death of King Arthur (Anon)
The Death of King Arthur
29
Anon
The Death of King Arthur (Anonymous)
The Death of King Arthur
30
Anonymous
Parzifal (Eschenbach)
Parzifal
31
Eschenbach
Tristan (Gottfried Von Strassburg)
Tristan
32
Gottfried Von Strassburg
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
33
Anonymous
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
34
Geoffrey Chaucer
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
35
Thomas Malory
Medieval English Verse (Stone (Penguin))
Medieval English Verse
36
Stone (Penguin)
Medieval and Tudor Drama (Gassner)
Medieval and Tudor Drama
37
Gassner
Signet Shakespeare (Sylvan Barnet - General Editor)
Signet Shakespeare
38
Sylvan Barnet - General Editor
Tamburlaine (Christopher Marlowe)
Tamburlaine
39
Christopher Marlowe
The Jew of Malta (Marlowe)
The Jew of Malta
40
Marlowe
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