Harold Bloom's "The Western Canon"

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Literary critic Harold Bloom’s controversial list of the books that shaped Western culture, from his The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages.

I have tried to list inexpensive English-language editions whenever possible. Occasionally the edition or translator will not precisely match that specified by Bloom; this seems unavoidable.

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  1. 151.
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    Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Select Plays
    by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

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  2. 152.
    Plays and Poems (Penguin Classics: Penguin Dramatists S.)
    by George Chapman

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  3. 154.
    Malcontent and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
    by John Marston

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  4. 156.
    A New Way to Pay Old Debts (New Mermaids)
    by Philip Massinger

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  5. 158.
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    The Compleat Angler (Penguin Country Library)
    by Izaak Walton

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  6. 159.
    Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics)
    by John Milton

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  7. 161.
    The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics)
    by John Milton

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  8. 162.
    Brief Lives (Penguin Classics)
    by John Aubrey

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  9. 164.
    Hudibras
    by Samuel Butler

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  10. 165.
    Selected Poems (Penguin Classics)
    by John Dryden

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  11. 168.
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  12. 169.
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  13. 170.
    The Comedies of William Congreve (Penguin Classics)
    by William Congreve

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  14. 171.
    Writings of Jonathan Swift (Norton Critical Edition)
    by Jonathan Swift

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  15. 173.
    Pope: Selected Poetry (Poetry Library, Penguin)
    by Alexander Pope

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  16. 174.
    The Beggar's Opera (Penguin Classics)
    by John Gay

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  17. 175.
    The Life of Samuel Johnson (Penguin Classics)
    by James Boswell

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  18. 176.

  19. 177.
    Selected Writings (Penguin English Library)
    by Samuel Johnson

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  20. 178.
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  21. 181.
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  22. 183.
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    The ballads, songs, and poems of William Collins
    by William Collins

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  23. 186.
    Christopher Smart Selected Poems (Penguin Classics)
    by K. Williamson

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  24. 187.
    The Vicar of Wakefield (Penguin English Library)
    by Oliver Goldsmith

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  25. 188.
    She Stoops to Conquer (Dover Thrift Editions)
    by Oliver Goldsmith

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  26. 190.
    The School for Scandal and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
    by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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  27. 192.
    Crabbe: Selected Poems (Penguin Classics)
    by George Crabbe

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  28. 194.

  29. 196.
    Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (Penguin Classics)
    by Samuel Richardson

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  30. 197.
    Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded (Penguin Classics)
    by Samuel Richardson

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  31. 199.
    Joseph Andrews/Shamela (Penguin Classics)
    by Henry Fielding

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  32. 200.
    The History of Tom Jones (Penguin Classics)
    by Henry Fielding

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