Lists of Bests: Stagebunny's "Harold Bloom's Western Canon: The Theocratic Age" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/17207 "Since the literary canon is at issue here, I include only those religious, philosophical, historical, and scientific writings that are themselves of great aesthetic interest." (p.531) Bloom's <i>The Western Canon</i> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:57:09 GMT en-us 0 50 88 50 0 The Epic of Gilgamesh http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65085 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65085"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0804717117.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maureen Gallery Kovacs</div> The Egyptian Book of the Dead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1164493 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1164493"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1425357334.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. A. Wallis Budge</div> Holy Bible: King James Version: Standard Text Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/221247 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/221247"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0521508827.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122547689_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Baker Publishing Group</div> Apocrypha http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/904603 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/904603"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679724524.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edgar J. Goodspeed</div> Sayings of the Fathers (Pirke Aboth) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2293705 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph H. Hertz (translation and commentary)</div> Mahabharata http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/904609 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/904609"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0520227042.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114035973_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Buck</div> The Bhagavad Gita http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/604923 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/604923"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375705554.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Ramayana http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/215176 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/215176"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0520227034.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Buck</div> Illiad http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41126 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Homer</div> The Odyssey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8611 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8611"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374525749.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Homer</div> Works and Days http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2371695 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hesiod</div> Theogony http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2371697 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hesiod</div> Archilochos http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2371732 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Sappho http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2371745 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by </div> The Odes of Pindar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/289437 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pindar</div> The Oresteia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/501385 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/501385"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374227217.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aeschylus</div> The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2269528 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2269528"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486414205.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056448990_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aeschylus</div> Prometheus Bound http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1573523 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1573523"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0521019125.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1131166945_.jpg" /></a></div> The Persians http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1429427 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1429427"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1419177060.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aeschylus</div> Suppliant Women (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/959378 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/959378"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/019504553X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1126774743_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Euripides</div> The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92489 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92489"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452011671.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sophocles</div> Sophocles, 1 : Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes (Penn Greek Drama Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/284117 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/284117"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812216539.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39327299_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sophocles</div> Cyclops (The Greek Tragedy in New Translations) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1466841 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1466841"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195143035.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V49837456_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Euripides</div> Heracles of Euripides (Focus Classical Library) (Focus Classical Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/254385 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/254385"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0941051013.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54431163_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Euripides</div> Iphigenia at Aulis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/711508 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/711508"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0413774635.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V50055743_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Euripides</div> Three Plays of Euripides: Alcestis, Medea : The Bachae http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10777 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10777"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393093123.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Roche</div> Hecuba (Drama Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1009094 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1009094"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1854598686.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1133330370_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Euripides</div> Orestes (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1380795 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1380795"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0195096592.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V56997324_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Euripides</div> Andromache (Plays of Euripides) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499184 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499184"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0198721188.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056424923_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Euripides</div> Ion of Euripides http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/904768 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Euripides</div> Euripides' Hippolytus (Focus Classical Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/904775 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/904775"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0941051862.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Halleran</div> Helen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2371816 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Euripides</div> Four Plays by Aristophanes: The Birds; The Clouds; The Frogs; Lysistrata (Meridian Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71020 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71020"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452007178.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aristophanes</div> The Knights http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2371823 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aristophanes</div> The Wasps http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2372891 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aristophanes</div> The Assemblywomen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2372900 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aristophanes</div> Herodotus The Histories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307910 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307910"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140440348.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herodotus</div> The Peloponnesian War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/421843 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/421843"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0872203948.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thucydides</div> Fragments (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50352 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50352"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437654.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138676368_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Heraclitus</div> Empedocles: The Extant Fragments (Classic Latin & Greek Texts in Paperback) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2372956 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2372956"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1853994820.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1096982090_.jpg" /></a></div> The Dialogues of Plato (Bantam Classic) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003640 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003640"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553213717.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1130194744_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Plato</div> Poetics (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3311 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3311"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140446362.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aristotle</div> Aristotle's Ethics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/636404 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/636404"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0631159460.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1084285618_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. O. Urmson</div> The Girl from Samos http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2372977 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Menander</div> On Great Writing (On the Sublime) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/947375 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/947375"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0872200809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115415111_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Longinus</div> Hymns and epigrams (Loeb classical library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1686445 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Callimachus</div> THE IDYLLS OF THEOCRITUS. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2372993 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Henry. (Translator). Hallard</div> Plutarch's Lives: The Dryden Translation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/964883 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Plutarch</div> Aesop's Fables (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307501 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307501"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192840509.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aesop</div> Moralia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/464160 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/464160"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/141790500X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Plutarch</div>