A Doll’s House
Henrik Ibsen · 19th Century · Drama
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Gender
Explore 72 works associated with Gender in The Western Canon. This page is generated from reviewed catalog classifications and links directly to each featured work.
Featured works
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf · Modernism · Novel / essays
The Second Sex
Simone de Beauvoir · Modern · Philosophy, social theory
Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys · Modern · Novel
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin · Contemporary · Speculative fiction
The Color Purple
Alice Walker · Contemporary · Novel / essays
Hippolytus
Euripides · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
The Trojan Women
Euripides · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Electra
Euripides · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Lysistrata
Aristophanes · Ancient · Comedy
Iphigenia at Aulis
Euripides · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
The Rover
Aphra Behn · Restoration · Novel / drama
Oroonoko
Aphra Behn · Restoration · Novel / drama
Fantomina
Eliza Haywood · Enlightenment · Novel
Memoirs of Emma Courtney
Mary Hays · Romantic · Novel / feminist writing
Indiana
George Sand · 19th Century · Novel
Consuelo
George Sand · 19th Century · Novel
The Devil’s Pool
George Sand · 19th Century · Novel
Mary Barton
Elizabeth Gaskell · Victorian · Novel
Cranford
Elizabeth Gaskell · Victorian · Novel
North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell · Victorian · Novel
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Harriet Jacobs · 19th Century · Autobiography
What Is to Be Done?
Nikolay Chernyshevsky · 19th Century · Political novel
Ghosts
Henrik Ibsen · 19th Century · Drama
An Enemy of the People
Henrik Ibsen · 19th Century · Drama
The Wild Duck
Henrik Ibsen · 19th Century · Drama
The Father
August Strindberg · Modern · Drama / fiction
Miss Julie
August Strindberg · Modern · Drama / fiction
Hedda Gabler
Henrik Ibsen · 19th Century · Drama
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman · Modern · Fiction / social criticism
Bayou Folk
Kate Chopin · Modern · Fiction
Women and Economics
Charlotte Perkins Gilman · Modern · Fiction / social criticism
The Awakening
Kate Chopin · Modern · Fiction
A Dream Play
August Strindberg · Modern · Drama / fiction
The Vagabond
Colette · Modern · Novel / memoir
Herland
Charlotte Perkins Gilman · Modern · Fiction / social criticism
The Return of the Soldier
Rebecca West · Modern · History / criticism / fiction
Chéri
Colette · Modern · Novel / memoir
Orlando
Virginia Woolf · Modernism · Novel / essays
The Waves
Virginia Woolf · Modernism · Novel / essays
The Pure and the Impure
Colette · Modern · Novel / memoir
Three Guineas
Virginia Woolf · Modernism · Novel / essays
Good Morning, Midnight
Jean Rhys · Modern · Novel
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Rebecca West · Modern · History / criticism / fiction
The Ethics of Ambiguity
Simone de Beauvoir · Modern · Philosophy / fiction
Selected Poems
Ingeborg Bachmann · Postwar · Poetry / fiction
The Grass Is Singing
Doris Lessing · Contemporary · Novel
The Mandarins
Simone de Beauvoir · Modern · Philosophy / fiction
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
Simone de Beauvoir · Modern · Philosophy / fiction
The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing · Contemporary · Novel
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath · Modern · Poetry / novel
Ariel
Sylvia Plath · Modern · Poetry / novel
The Copenhagen Trilogy
Tove Ditlevsen · Modern · Memoir / fiction
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin · Contemporary · Speculative fiction
The Lathe of Heaven
Ursula K. Le Guin · Contemporary · Speculative fiction
Malina
Ingeborg Bachmann · Postwar · Poetry / fiction
Diving into the Wreck
Adrienne Rich · Contemporary · Poetry / essays
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin · Contemporary · Speculative fiction
Patterns of Childhood
Christa Wolf · Postwar · Novel / essays
The Dream of a Common Language
Adrienne Rich · Contemporary · Poetry / essays
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