Oedipus the King
Sophocles · Ancient · Tragedy
Subject guide
Fate
Explore 23 works associated with Fate in The Western Canon. This page is generated from reviewed catalog classifications and links directly to each featured work.
Featured works
The Persians
Aeschylus · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Seven Against Thebes
Aeschylus · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Electra
Sophocles · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Philoctetes
Sophocles · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
The Nibelungenlied
Anonymous · Medieval · Epic poetry
The Saga of the Volsungs
Anonymous · Medieval · Saga / myth
Andromaque
Jean Racine · Early Modern · Tragedy
Britannicus
Jean Racine · Early Modern · Tragedy
Phèdre
Jean Racine · Early Modern · Tragedy
Eugene Onegin
Aleksandr Pushkin · 19th Century · Poetry / fiction
Boris Godunov
Aleksandr Pushkin · 19th Century · Poetry / fiction
The Queen of Spades
Aleksandr Pushkin · 19th Century · Poetry / fiction
Far from the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy · Victorian · Novel / poetry
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy · Victorian · Novel / poetry
Tess of the d’Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy · Victorian · Novel / poetry
Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy · Victorian · Novel / poetry
Seven Gothic Tales
Karen Blixen · Modern · Memoir / stories
Out of Africa
Karen Blixen · Modern · Memoir / stories
Fatelessness
Imre Kertész · Postwar · Novel
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
The Poetic Edda
Anonymous · Medieval · Saga / myth