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My List Of The 25 Landmarks Of World Literature
Posted on 02/13/2017 11:09:14 PM PST by goldstategop
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My list of the 25 most influential works that have shaped Western thought down through our day.
Almost every one has read them. Should be on people's bucket list, since you can't read everything in the world in a single lifetime.
To: goldstategop
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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posted on
02/13/2017 11:12:01 PM PST
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Vendome
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To: goldstategop
Very good list. But no
The Brothers Karamazov? It's much better than
War and Peace.
And no Shakespeare, no Hamlet? I would not put Joyce, Proust, or Tolkien on this list.
To: Vendome
I’ve started out with Proust. Famous longest novel in the world.
Waiting for the Yale set to be completed, if I’m fortunate enough to see it. William C. Carter’s annotations to the first two volumes of a projected seven are superb.
The Everyman’s Library edition from UK has a superb introduction by the renowned Harold Bloom.
At 4000 pages, its a grand study of a human life time from childhood to death.
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02/13/2017 11:17:27 PM PST
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goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
To: goldstategop
Oops, I see you put a “Complete Works of Shakespeare.” Kind of a cheat, since it’s not one work. And we can’t even agree on what plays that would include.
To: goldstategop
The original Archie comics
Bubble gum wrappers
Playboy
the Hardy Boys
Anything by Louis L’Amour
National Geographic with pictures of tribes women
Weekly Reader
Kon Tiki
Lightfoot the deer
Robin hood
My little Pony
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02/13/2017 11:18:11 PM PST
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Vendome
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To: goldstategop
Took me 5 years to finish Adam Smith
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02/13/2017 11:19:06 PM PST
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Vendome
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To: nickcarraway
Admittedly, its somewhat arbitrary.
Then again, if you removed some and added others, the list would be different.
That said, its a good guide through the ticket of world literature.
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02/13/2017 11:20:17 PM PST
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goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
To: nickcarraway
Shakespeare is the greatest writer, period.
Then again the Sonnets are a compact introduction to his genius.
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02/13/2017 11:22:17 PM PST
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goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
To: goldstategop
that’s an excellent list! a couple missing for me: Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis... Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville... i am fortunate to have been able to cover much of this list with my sons as we homeschooled...
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02/13/2017 11:23:39 PM PST
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latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: goldstategop
It’s incomplete without anything from Maya Angelou or Toni Morrison - or so I’ve been lead to believe.
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02/13/2017 11:25:20 PM PST
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Sgt_Schultze
(If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
To: Vendome
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posted on
02/13/2017 11:26:07 PM PST
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pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: goldstategop
That’s a great start.
Gotta add Beowulf.
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posted on
02/13/2017 11:27:41 PM PST
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pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: Sgt_Schultze
I left off late twentieth century/early twenty-first century authors.
You usually have to wait a century to see if any one makes the cut.
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02/13/2017 11:28:10 PM PST
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goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
To: latina4dubya
“Till We Have Faces” is my favorite writing of C.S. Lewis.
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02/13/2017 11:30:29 PM PST
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pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: goldstategop
The Prince by Machiavelli.
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02/13/2017 11:31:25 PM PST
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rfp1234
(DinosorosExtinction)
To: pax_et_bonum
A lot of people would add Chaucer, Poe, Mann and Camus to the list.
Then there’s existentialism with Satre and Beauvoir.
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02/13/2017 11:32:03 PM PST
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goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
To: Sgt_Schultze
I didn't think it was possible to lead a FReeper to believe
anything .
;-)
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posted on
02/13/2017 11:32:24 PM PST
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pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: goldstategop
Good list. Most influential on English/American thought would need to include Pilgim’s Progress.
To: rfp1234
I would agree. I would substitute The Prince for the Pensees.
Also worthy of consideration is Clausewitz’s On War.
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02/13/2017 11:34:22 PM PST
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goldstategop
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