Hamlet
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Tragedy
Era guide
Early Modern
Explore 58 works associated with Early Modern in The Western Canon. This page is generated from reviewed catalog classifications and links directly to each featured work.
Featured works
Othello
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Tragedy
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes · Early Modern · Novel
King Lear
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Tragedy
Macbeth
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Tragedy
The Tempest
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Romance, drama
Discourse on Method
René Descartes · Early Modern · Philosophy
Meditations on First Philosophy
René Descartes · Early Modern · Philosophy
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes · Early Modern · Political philosophy
Paradise Lost
John Milton · Early Modern · Epic poetry
Pensées
Blaise Pascal · Early Modern · Philosophy, theology
Ethics
Baruch Spinoza · Early Modern · Philosophy
Tamburlaine
Christopher Marlowe · Early Modern · Drama
Doctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe · Early Modern · Drama
Edward II
Christopher Marlowe · Early Modern · Drama
Richard III
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Drama / poetry
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Drama / poetry
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Drama / poetry
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Drama / poetry
Henry IV, Part 1
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Drama / poetry
Essays
Francis Bacon · Early Modern · Essays / philosophy
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Drama / poetry
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Drama / poetry
Measure for Measure
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Drama / poetry
The Advancement of Learning
Francis Bacon · Early Modern · Essays / philosophy
Volpone
Ben Jonson · Early Modern · Drama / satire
Sonnets
William Shakespeare · Early Modern · Drama / poetry
The Alchemist
Ben Jonson · Early Modern · Drama / satire
Bartholomew Fair
Ben Jonson · Early Modern · Drama / satire
Novum Organum
Francis Bacon · Early Modern · Essays / philosophy
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Robert Burton · Early Modern · Essay / compendium
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
John Donne · Early Modern · Poetry / prose
New Atlantis
Francis Bacon · Early Modern · Essays / philosophy
Songs and Sonnets
John Donne · Early Modern · Poetry / prose
Holy Sonnets
John Donne · Early Modern · Poetry / prose
The Temple
George Herbert · Early Modern · Poetry
Le Cid
Pierre Corneille · Early Modern · Drama
Horace
Pierre Corneille · Early Modern · Drama
Cinna
Pierre Corneille · Early Modern · Drama
Religio Medici
Thomas Browne · Early Modern · Essays
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
Anne Bradstreet · Early Modern · Poetry
Treatise on the Arithmetical Triangle
Blaise Pascal · Early Modern · Science / philosophy
Provincial Letters
Blaise Pascal · Early Modern · Science / philosophy
Urn Burial
Thomas Browne · Early Modern · Essays
The School for Wives
Molière · Early Modern · Comedy
Tartuffe
Molière · Early Modern · Comedy
Maxims
François de La Rochefoucauld · Early Modern · Maxims
The Misanthrope
Molière · Early Modern · Comedy
Andromaque
Jean Racine · Early Modern · Tragedy
Fables
Jean de La Fontaine · Early Modern · Fables / poetry
Britannicus
Jean Racine · Early Modern · Tragedy
The Imaginary Invalid
Molière · Early Modern · Comedy
Phèdre
Jean Racine · Early Modern · Tragedy
The Pilgrim’s Progress
John Bunyan · Early Modern · Religious allegory
The Princess of Clèves
Madame de Lafayette · Early Modern · Novel
Selected Poems
Andrew Marvell · Early Modern · Poetry
Preparatory Meditations
Edward Taylor · Early Modern · Poetry
Magnalia Christi Americana
Cotton Mather · Early Modern · History / theology