Symposium
Plato · Ancient · Philosophy, dialogue
Subject guide
Desire
Explore 55 works associated with Desire in The Western Canon. This page is generated from reviewed catalog classifications and links directly to each featured work.
Featured works
The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio · Medieval / Renaissance · Story collection
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert · Realism · Novel
The Interpretation of Dreams
Sigmund Freud · Modern · Psychology
Metamorphoses
Ovid · Ancient · Narrative poetry
The Trickster of Seville
Tirso de Molina · Golden Age · Drama
The Rover
Aphra Behn · Restoration · Novel / drama
Oroonoko
Aphra Behn · Restoration · Novel / drama
Fantomina
Eliza Haywood · Enlightenment · Novel
Pamela
Samuel Richardson · Enlightenment · Novel
Clarissa
Samuel Richardson · Enlightenment · Novel
The Monk
Matthew Lewis · Romantic · Gothic novel
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
Lord Byron · Romantic · Poetry
Manfred
Lord Byron · Romantic · Poetry
Don Juan
Lord Byron · Romantic · Poetry
Goblin Market and Other Poems
Christina Rossetti · Victorian · Poetry
Uncle Silas
Sheridan Le Fanu · Victorian · Gothic fiction
Sentimental Education
Gustave Flaubert · Realism · Novel
Carmilla
Sheridan Le Fanu · Victorian · Gothic fiction
Three Tales
Gustave Flaubert · Realism · Novel
Selected Stories
Guy de Maupassant · 19th Century · Stories / novel
Bouvard and Pécuchet
Gustave Flaubert · Realism · Novel
Bel-Ami
Guy de Maupassant · 19th Century · Stories / novel
Bayou Folk
Kate Chopin · Modern · Fiction
The Awakening
Kate Chopin · Modern · Fiction
Sister Carrie
Theodore Dreiser · Naturalism / Modern · Novel
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
Sigmund Freud · Modern · Psychology
The Vagabond
Colette · Modern · Novel / memoir
Totem and Taboo
Sigmund Freud · Modern · Psychology
This Side of Paradise
F. Scott Fitzgerald · Modern · Novel / stories
Beyond the Pleasure Principle
Sigmund Freud · Modern · Psychology
Chéri
Colette · Modern · Novel / memoir
The Ego and the Id
Sigmund Freud · Modern · Psychology
An American Tragedy
Theodore Dreiser · Naturalism / Modern · Novel
Civilization and Its Discontents
Sigmund Freud · Modern · Psychology
Mourning Becomes Electra
Eugene O’Neill · Modern · Drama
The Pure and the Impure
Colette · Modern · Novel / memoir
Blood Wedding
Federico García Lorca · Modernism · Poetry / drama
Yerma
Federico García Lorca · Modernism · Poetry / drama
Tender Is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald · Modern · Novel / stories
The House of Bernarda Alba
Federico García Lorca · Modernism · Poetry / drama
Nightwood
Djuna Barnes · Modernism · Novel
Poet in New York
Federico García Lorca · Modernism · Poetry / drama
The Last Tycoon
F. Scott Fitzgerald · Modern · Novel / stories
The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams · Modern · Drama
The Iceman Cometh
Eugene O’Neill · Modern · Drama
A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams · Modern · Drama
The Family Moskat
Isaac Bashevis Singer · Modern · Stories / novel
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Tennessee Williams · Modern · Drama
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Eugene O’Neill · Modern · Drama
The Collected Stories
Isaac Bashevis Singer · Modern · Stories / novel
The Ravishing of Lol Stein
Marguerite Duras · Postwar · Novel / memoir
The Magus
John Fowles · Postwar · Novel
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
John Fowles · Postwar · Novel
The Lover
Marguerite Duras · Postwar · Novel / memoir