Harold Bloom's "The Western Canon"

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This list is from Harold Bloom’s book “The Western Canon”. In the book, he elaborates on the reasoning behind many of his choices, which he acknowledges often deviate from what is typically considered a “canon”. Most especially, the section from which most of the modern books are drawn is called “The Chaotic Age: A Canonical Prophecy” – maybe that makes a little more sense out of the number of relatively contemporary picks?

Anyway, more information is available here:

http://www.literarycritic.com/bloom.htm