Classics Revisited

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Kenneth Rexroth, 56 Books

Selected by Kenneth Rexroth for his book Classics Revisited, a volume of brief, radiant essays discussing 60 key books that are for him "basic documents in the history of the imagination." According to Wikipedia, Rexroth was an American poet, translator, and critical essayist.

This list was originally published in 1968 and was added to this site about 1 year ago.

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Cover of 'Oresteia' by Aeschylus

Oresteia

Cover of 'Njal's Saga' by Iceland

Njal's Saga

Cover of 'The Golden Ass' by Apuleius

The Golden Ass

Cover of 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Cover of 'The Flowers of Evil' by Charles Baudelaire

The Flowers of Evil

Charles Baudelaire

Cover of 'Beowulf' by Unknown

Beowulf

Cover of 'The Conquest Of Gaul' by Gaius Julius Caesar

The Conquest Of Gaul

Gaius Julius Caesar

Cover of 'History of My Life' by Giacomo Casanova

History of My Life

Giacomo Casanova

Cover of 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

Cover of 'The Major Plays' by Anton Chekhov

The Major Plays

Cover of 'Poems Of Du Fu' by Du Fu

Poems Of Du Fu

Cover of 'The Poems Of Li Po' by Li Po

The Poems Of Li Po

Cover of 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Cover of 'Collected Plays Of Euripides' by Euripides

Collected Plays Of Euripides

Cover of 'Tom Jones' by Henry Fielding

Tom Jones

Cover of 'A Sentimental Education' by Gustave Flaubert

A Sentimental Education

Gustave Flaubert

Cover of 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' by Edward Gibbon

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Cover of 'The Epic Of Gilgamesh' by Unknown

The Epic Of Gilgamesh

Cover of 'Pages From The Goncourt Journal' by Edmond de Goncourt

Pages From The Goncourt Journal

Edmond de Goncourt

Cover of 'The Histories of Herodotus' by Herodotus

The Histories of Herodotus

Cover of 'The Iliad' by Homer

The Iliad

Cover of 'Haiku' by Mary Dawson Hughes

Haiku

Mary Dawson Hughes

Cover of 'Volpone' by Ben Jonson

Volpone

Cover of 'The History of Rome' by Livy

The History of Rome

Cover of 'The Kalevala' by Elias Lönnrot

The Kalevala

Cover of 'De Rerum Natura' by Lucretius

De Rerum Natura

Cover of 'The Prince' by Niccolo Machiavelli

The Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli

Cover of 'Le Morte d'Arthur' by Thomas Malory

Le Morte d'Arthur

Cover of 'Communist Manifesto' by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

Cover of 'The Book of Job' by Unknown

The Book of Job

Cover of 'Essays' by Michel de Montaigne

Essays

Michel de Montaigne

Cover of 'Utopia' by Thomas More

Utopia

Cover of 'The Tale of Genji' by Murasaki Shikibu

The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu

Cover of 'Satyricon' by Petronius

Satyricon

Cover of 'The Last Days Of Socrates' by Plato

The Last Days Of Socrates

Cover of 'The Republic' by Plato

The Republic

Cover of 'Parallel Lives' by Plutarch

Parallel Lives

Cover of 'The Travels of Marco Polo' by Marco Polo

The Travels of Marco Polo

Cover of 'Gargantua and Pantagruel' by Francois Rabelais

Gargantua and Pantagruel

Francois Rabelais

Cover of 'Collected Poems' by Arthur Rimbaud

Collected Poems

Cover of 'The Poems of Sappho' by Sappho

The Poems of Sappho

Cover of 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare

The Tempest

William Shakespeare

Cover of 'Antigone' by Sophocles

Antigone

Cover of 'Oedipus the King' by Sophocles

Oedipus the King

Cover of 'Oedipus at Colonus' by Sophocles

Oedipus at Colonus

Cover of 'The Red and the Black' by Stendhal

The Red and the Black

Cover of 'Histories' by Cornelius Tacitus

Histories

Cornelius Tacitus

Cover of 'The History of the Peloponnesian War' by Thucydides

The History of the Peloponnesian War

Cover of 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

Cover of 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' by Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Cover of 'Mahabharata' by Vyasa

Mahabharata

Cover of 'Mediaeval Latin Lyrics' by Helen Waddell

Mediaeval Latin Lyrics

Cover of 'The Compleat Angler' by Izaak Walton

The Compleat Angler

Cover of 'The Duchess Of Malfi' by John Webster

The Duchess Of Malfi

Cover of 'Leaves of Grass' by Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

Cover of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' by Cao Xueqin

Dream of the Red Chamber