The Marquise of O—
Heinrich von Kleist · Romantic · Drama / novella
Subject guide
Violence
Explore 27 works associated with Violence in The Western Canon. This page is generated from reviewed catalog classifications and links directly to each featured work.
Featured works
Michael Kohlhaas
Heinrich von Kleist · Romantic · Drama / novella
The Broken Jug
Heinrich von Kleist · Romantic · Drama / novella
The Cossacks
Leo Tolstoy · 19th Century · Novella / essays
The Kingdom of God Is Within You
Leo Tolstoy · 19th Century · Novella / essays
Father Sergius
Leo Tolstoy · 19th Century · Novella / essays
Red Cavalry
Isaac Babel · Modern · Stories
A High Wind in Jamaica
Richard Hughes · Modern · Novel
Odessa Stories
Isaac Babel · Modern · Stories
Native Son
Richard Wright · Modern · Novel / memoir
Black Boy
Richard Wright · Modern · Novel / memoir
Wise Blood
Flannery O’Connor · Postwar · Stories / novel
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Flannery O’Connor · Postwar · Stories / novel
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess · Postwar · Novel
The Time of the Hero
Mario Vargas Llosa · Latin American Boom · Novel
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Flannery O’Connor · Postwar · Stories / novel
Conversation in the Cathedral
Mario Vargas Llosa · Latin American Boom · Novel
North
Seamus Heaney · Contemporary · Poetry
Field Work
Seamus Heaney · Contemporary · Poetry
Suttree
Cormac McCarthy · Contemporary · Novel
Earthly Powers
Anthony Burgess · Postwar · Novel
The War of the End of the World
Mario Vargas Llosa · Latin American Boom · Novel
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy · Contemporary · Novel
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy · Contemporary · Novel
The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolaño · Contemporary · Novel
2666
Roberto Bolaño · Contemporary · Novel
The Road
Cormac McCarthy · Contemporary · Novel