Antigone
Sophocles · Ancient · Tragedy
Subject guide
Family
Explore 54 works associated with Family in The Western Canon. This page is generated from reviewed catalog classifications and links directly to each featured work.
Featured works
King Lear
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Tragedy
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy · 19th Century · Novel, history
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy · 19th Century · Novel / novella
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky · 19th Century · Novel
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka · Modernism · Novella
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez · Modern / Latin American Boom · Novel, magical realism
The Color Purple
Alice Walker · Contemporary · Novel / essays
Electra
Sophocles · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Philoctetes
Sophocles · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
Anne Bradstreet · Early Modern · Poetry
The Condition of the Working Class in England
Friedrich Engels · 19th Century · Social theory
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Harriet Jacobs · 19th Century · Autobiography
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott · 19th Century · Novel
Little Men
Louisa May Alcott · 19th Century · Novel
Erewhon
Samuel Butler · Victorian · Novel / satire
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Friedrich Engels · 19th Century · Social theory
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy · 19th Century · Novel / novella
The Kreutzer Sonata
Leo Tolstoy · 19th Century · Novel / novella
Tevye the Dairyman
Sholem Aleichem · Modern · Fiction
Resurrection
Leo Tolstoy · 19th Century · Novel / novella
The Way of All Flesh
Samuel Butler · Victorian · Novel / satire
Hadji Murat
Leo Tolstoy · 19th Century · Novel / novella
Bliss and Other Stories
Katherine Mansfield · Modernism · Short stories
Kristin Lavransdatter
Sigrid Undset · Modern · Historical novel
The Garden Party and Other Stories
Katherine Mansfield · Modernism · Short stories
Thérèse Desqueyroux
François Mauriac · Modern · Novel
Mourning Becomes Electra
Eugene O’Neill · Modern · Drama
The Wild Palms
William Faulkner · Modernism · Novel
The Hamlet
William Faulkner · Modernism · Novel
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
James Agee · Modern · Reportage / fiction
The Iceman Cometh
Eugene O’Neill · Modern · Drama
All My Sons
Arthur Miller · Modern · Drama
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller · Modern · Drama
The Crucible
Arthur Miller · Modern · Drama
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Eugene O’Neill · Modern · Drama
A Death in the Family
James Agee · Modern · Reportage / fiction
Moominland Midwinter
Tove Jansson · Modern · Children’s fiction
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry · Modern · Drama
The Reivers
William Faulkner · Modernism · Novel
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison · Contemporary · Novel
The Summer Book
Tove Jansson · Modern · Children’s fiction
Sula
Toni Morrison · Contemporary · Novel
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison · Contemporary · Novel
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson · Contemporary · Novel / essays
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
August Wilson · Contemporary · Drama
In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens
Alice Walker · Contemporary · Novel / essays
Fences
August Wilson · Contemporary · Drama
The Piano Lesson
August Wilson · Contemporary · Drama
Jazz
Toni Morrison · Contemporary · Novel
The Wild Iris
Louise Glück · Contemporary · Poetry
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson · Contemporary · Novel / essays
Averno
Louise Glück · Contemporary · Poetry