Lists of Bests: Stagebunny's "Harold Bloom's Western Canon: The Aristocratic Age" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/17285 "It is a span of five hundred years from Dante's Divine Comedy through Goethe's Faust, Part Two [1321-1832], an era that gives us a huge body of reading in five major literatures: Italian, Spanish, English, French, and German." (p. 534) Bloom's <i>The Western Canon</i> The books listed here are not edition-specific. Please do not add or edit. Thanks! Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:15:16 GMT en-us 0 50 224 50 0 The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (Everyman's Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18494 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18494"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679433139.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dante Alighieri</div> The New Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2373574 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dante</div> Petrarchs Lyric Poems: The <i>Rime Sparse</i> and Other Lyrics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/543245 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/543245"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0674663489.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francesco Petrarch</div> Selections from the Canzoniere and Other Works http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/543240 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/543240"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192839519.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francesco Petrarch</div> The Decameron (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13969 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13969"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528662.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giovanni Boccaccio</div> Orlando Innamorato/Orlando in Love http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905130 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905130"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1932559019.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1076463417_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matteo Maria Boiardo</div> Orlando Furioso (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/494283 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/494283"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192836773.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ludovico Ariosto</div> Sonnets and Madrigals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2373605 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michelangelo Buonarroti</div> The Prince http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974444 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974444"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0937832383.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Niccolo Machiavelli</div> The Mandrake. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/406819 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Niccolo Machiavelli</div> The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/843305 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/843305"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192838970.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leonardo da Vinci</div> The Book of the Courtier (Dover Value Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1315595 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1315595"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486427021.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Baldassare Castiglione</div> Stampa's Sonnets and Madrigals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2373651 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Lives of the Painters (Everyman's Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905224 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gilorgio Vasari</div> The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2061251 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2061251"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1417900679.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V60641570_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Benvenuto Cellini</div> Jerusalem Delivered; An Heroic Poem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905250 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905250"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1402164831.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V53966277_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Torquato Tasso</div> The Expulsion Of The Triumphant Beast http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/719366 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/719366"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0803262345.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128589154_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giordano Bruno</div> The City of the Sun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/831193 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/831193"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/141915687X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54574925_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tommaso Campanella</div> Poems of Tommaso Campanella http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2373697 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Principles of a New Science http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2373707 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giambattista Vico</div> The Servant of Two Masters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2373722 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carlo Goldoni</div> Saul http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2373731 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vittorio Alfieri</div> The Lusiads (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905340 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905340"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0192801511.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056423081_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Luis Vaz de Camoes</div> Poetry of Antonio Ferreira http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2373756 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Coplas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905413 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. Manrique</div> LA Celestina http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1206678 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1206678"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1589770110.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121259557_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by fernando De Rojas</div> Lazarillo de Tormes (Dual-Language) (Dual-Language Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39640 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39640"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486414310.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> Visions, (Centaur classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905427 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francisco de Quevedo</div> Satirical Letters of Censure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2374050 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francisco de Quevedo</div> Poems of Fray Luis de Leon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2374060 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Poems of St. John of the Cross http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1417537 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1417537"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0226401103.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056426323_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by St. John of the Cross</div> Les sonnets http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905550 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905550"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/2743302526.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1071279334_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gongora</div> Gongora: Soledades (Spanish Texts Series) (Spanish Texts Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905561 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905561"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1853995339.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V66861738_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Luis De Gbongora Y. Argote</div> Don Quixote (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1359 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1359"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060934344.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miguel de Cervantes</div> Exemplary Stories (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905585 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905585"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192832433.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miguel Cervantes</div> LA Dorotea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2374105 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lope De Vega</div> Fuente Ovejuna/Lost in a Mirror http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/260842 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/260842"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0948230231.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lope de Vega</div> The Knight of Olmedo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2374135 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lope Felix De Vega Carpio</div> The Trickster of Seville http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2374158 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tirso de Molina</div> Life Is a Dream/La Vida es Sueno: A Dual-Language Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2151847 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2151847"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486424731.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pedro Calderon de la Barca</div> The Mayor of Zalamea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2380424 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pedro Calderon de la Barca</div> The Mighty Magician http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2380452 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pedro Calderon de la Barca</div> The Doctor of His Own Honor http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2380458 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pedro Calderon de la Barca</div> The Canterbury Tales (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3149 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3149"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140424385.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geoffrey Chaucer</div> Poems of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2415176 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Troilus and Criseyde (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/537185 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/537185"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140442391.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geoffrey Chaucer</div> Le Morte D'Arthur: Complete, Unabridged, Illustrated Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/503437 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/503437"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1844030016.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sir Thomas Malory</div> The Poems of William Dunbar (Oxford English Texts) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2380463 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Dunbar</div> John Skelton, the Complete English Poems (English Poets) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2380468 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Skelton</div> Utopia: Thomas More http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76842 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76842"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0300084293.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas More</div>