NP!: William Grimes on 1001 Books

[Bekah]

The full 1001 list is here:   http://1morechapter.com/projects/1001- 
list/

My reading in it is here:  http://tinyurl.com/6bm9lj

I really should add a note to that blog entry saying something to the  
effect that there are many (!) major (!) omissions in the original  
list.   The author of 1001  says he knew it would be controversial  
but wanted to start a discussion.

Fwiw,  I'd recommend checking out Bloom's Western Canon  
(acknowledging that it does not include Asian lit and has its own  
issues).
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtbloom.html

Of course readers have different tastes (there's no Kathy Acker)  
(heh) but at least Bloom includes OBA and  McCarthy and Proust and  
some others - there are well over 1001 though.   The list is not so  
heavy on 20th century authors (and no 21st century ones).  Bloom uses  
Shakespeare and poetry as the basis for inclusion in his canon.


Bekah

On May 24, 2008, at 8:28 AM, Henry wrote:

> I don't have the list of 1001 books; Swann's Way and one or two  
> books from
> OBA may be in the book, but they weren't referenced in the Grimes/ 
> Times
> piece.
>
> I gotta admit that as an autodidact (surprise! Any others on the P- 
> Liste?),
> my education is particularly incomplete, and I could even use some  
> input on
> one or two must-reads for many classic authors. If it's any good,  
> the 1001
> books list might be better for me than for either end of the  
> academic to
> non-reading spectrum. A-and while I don't need no stinkin' book to  
> tell me
> to read OBA or Proust,  I could use a few hundred suggestions for
> pop-fiction, and historical, biography, and other non-fiction works.
>
> HENRY MUSIKAR
> Information, Media, and Technology Consultant
>
> http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/PListe4Obama
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: robinlandseadel
>
> Well, nobody mentioned Proust either, and if Swann's Way ain't in  
> 1001 books
> to eat before you chuck it, well, chuck it..
>

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