JAMES WOOD'S BEST BOOKS SINCE 1945

イギリスの著名文芸批評家 James Wood 氏が選んだ英米文学の名著(1945〜1994)を紹介する。このリストは氏が1994年に The Guardian 誌に寄稿したもの。
Wood 氏はこれまで、The Guardian 誌(1992-1995)、The New Republic 誌(1995-2007)、The New Yorker 誌(2008-)と長年、有名誌で文芸批評を執筆してきた。Intelligent Life 誌では、世界の文芸批評家トップ30のうちの一人に挙げられている。また hysterical realism なる用語を作ってこの手法を使う作品を激しく攻撃した。hysterical realism に該当するのは Zadie Smith などである。

The Siege Of Krishnapur

The Siege Of Krishnapur

The Collected Works

The Collected Works

Modern Classics Go Between (Penguin Modern Classics)

Modern Classics Go Between (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Naked and the Dead

The Naked and the Dead

The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History

The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History

How German is it

How German is it

Stories in an Almost Classical Mode

Stories in an Almost Classical Mode

The Messiah of Stockholm (Vintage International)

The Messiah of Stockholm (Vintage International)

ARDOR AND ART

ARDOR AND ART

Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

Slaughterhouse (Vintage Classics)

Slaughterhouse (Vintage Classics)

The Complete Poems: 1927-1979

The Complete Poems: 1927-1979

Collected Stories

Collected Stories

Falconer (Vintage International)

Falconer (Vintage International)

Invisible Man (Vintage International)

Invisible Man (Vintage International)

The Wrong Set

The Wrong Set

Hemlock and After

Hemlock and After

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (New York Review Books Classics)

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (New York Review Books Classics)

A Fan's Notes (Vintage Contemporaries)

A Fan's Notes (Vintage Contemporaries)

Poetry and the Age

Poetry and the Age

Life Studies (Faber Poetry)

Life Studies (Faber Poetry)

For the Union Dead

For the Union Dead

Near the Ocean

Near the Ocean

The Assistant (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.)

The Assistant (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.)

The Stories of Bernard Malamud (Plume)

The Stories of Bernard Malamud (Plume)

The Collected Stories

The Collected Stories

The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)

The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)

Giovanni's Room (Penguin Modern Classics)

Giovanni's Room (Penguin Modern Classics)

Sula (Vintage International)

Sula (Vintage International)

Beloved (Vintage International)

Beloved (Vintage International)

Loving (Vintage Classics)

Loving (Vintage Classics)

Concluding (British Literature Series)

Concluding (British Literature Series)

Nothing (British Literature)

Nothing (British Literature)

Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov

Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov

Still Life

Still Life

A House For Mr Biswas

A House For Mr Biswas

In a Free State: A Novel With Two Supporting Narratives

In a Free State: A Novel With Two Supporting Narratives

The Enigma of Arrival

The Enigma of Arrival

If I Die in a Combat Zone (Paladin Books)

If I Die in a Combat Zone (Paladin Books)

Remains of the Day

Remains of the Day

A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Women Writers : Text and Contexts)

A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Women Writers : Text and Contexts)

Selected Poems: Frank O'Hara

Selected Poems: Frank O'Hara

The Collected Poems (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

The Collected Poems (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

The Pisan Cantos (New Directions Paperbook, 970)

The Pisan Cantos (New Directions Paperbook, 970)

The Sot-Weed Factor (The Anchor Literary Library)

The Sot-Weed Factor (The Anchor Literary Library)

The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Classics)

The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Classics)

Seize the Day (Penguin Classics)

Seize the Day (Penguin Classics)

Herzog (Penguin Classics)

Herzog (Penguin Classics)

Humboldt's Gift (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

Humboldt's Gift (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

Dream Song: The Life of John Berryman

Dream Song: The Life of John Berryman

The Freedom of the Poet

The Freedom of the Poet

The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library)

The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library)

V. (Perennial Classics)

V. (Perennial Classics)

Goodbye, Columbus

Goodbye, Columbus

The Counterlife

The Counterlife

Reading Myself and Others (Vintage International)

Reading Myself and Others (Vintage International)

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

Sixty Stories (Penguin Classics)

Sixty Stories (Penguin Classics)

Styles of Radical Will

Styles of Radical Will

Collected Poems

Collected Poems

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (VMC)

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (VMC)

Paterson (New Directions Paperback 806 806)

Paterson (New Directions Paperback 806 806)

A Boy's Own Story: A Novel

A Boy's Own Story: A Novel

KINGFISHER

KINGFISHER

White Noise

White Noise

The Dyer's Hand (Vintage International)

The Dyer's Hand (Vintage International)

Collected Poems (Modern Library)

Collected Poems (Modern Library)

Gabriel's Lament

Gabriel's Lament

The Magic Toyshop

The Magic Toyshop

Nights at the Circus

Nights at the Circus

On The Black Hill (Vintage Classics)

On The Black Hill (Vintage Classics)

The Memory of War (Penguin International Poets S.)

The Memory of War (Penguin International Poets S.)

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

The Spire (Harvest Book)

The Spire (Harvest Book)

Collected Poems, 1942-77

Collected Poems, 1942-77

The Stories (Picador Books)

The Stories (Picador Books)

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The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America

The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America

Modern Classics Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Modern Classics)

Modern Classics Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Heart of the Matter

The Heart of the Matter

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror: Poems (Penguin Poets)

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror: Poems (Penguin Poets)

Selected Poems: John Ashbery

Selected Poems: John Ashbery

The Golden Notebook (Harper Perennial Modern Classi)

The Golden Notebook (Harper Perennial Modern Classi)

HERITAGE AND ITS HISTORY (Virago Modern Classics)

HERITAGE AND ITS HISTORY (Virago Modern Classics)

Memento Mori (New Directions Classics)

Memento Mori (New Directions Classics)

Modern Classics Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Penguin Modern Classics)

Modern Classics Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Penguin Modern Classics)

Under the Volcano: A Novel (P.S.)

Under the Volcano: A Novel (P.S.)

The Moviegoer (Vintage International)

The Moviegoer (Vintage International)

Collected Poems

Collected Poems

First Love, Last Rites

First Love, Last Rites

The Cement Garden (Vintage International)

The Cement Garden (Vintage International)

Secret Narratives

Secret Narratives

Under the Net (Vintage Classics)

Under the Net (Vintage Classics)

The Bell (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series)

The Bell (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series)

The Nice and the Good (Vintage Classics)

The Nice and the Good (Vintage Classics)

1984 (Signet Classics)

1984 (Signet Classics)

My Country Right or Left 1940-1943: The Collected Essays Journalism & Letters of George Orwell vol.2 (Collected Essays Journalism and Letters of George Orwell)

My Country Right or Left 1940-1943: The Collected Essays Journalism & Letters of George Orwell vol.2 (Collected Essays Journalism and Letters of George Orwell)

George Orwell: As I Please, 1943-1945 : The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters (COLLECTED ESSAYS JOURNALISM AND LETTERS OF GEORGE ORWELL)

George Orwell: As I Please, 1943-1945 : The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters (COLLECTED ESSAYS JOURNALISM AND LETTERS OF GEORGE ORWELL)

In Front of Your Nose, 1945-1950 (COLLECTED ESSAYS JOURNALISM AND LETTERS OF GEORGE ORWELL)

In Front of Your Nose, 1945-1950 (COLLECTED ESSAYS JOURNALISM AND LETTERS OF GEORGE ORWELL)

Collected Stories of Carson McCullers

Collected Stories of Carson McCullers

Concrete Island

Concrete Island

A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement

A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement

A Dance to the Music of Time: Second Movement

A Dance to the Music of Time: Second Movement

A Dance to the Music of Time: Third Movement

A Dance to the Music of Time: Third Movement

A Dance to the Music of Time: Fourth Movement

A Dance to the Music of Time: Fourth Movement

Of the Farm

Of the Farm

The Centaur: A Novel

The Centaur: A Novel

Rabbit, Run

Rabbit, Run

Rabbit Is Rich

Rabbit Is Rich

Rabbit Redux

Rabbit Redux

Rabbit at Rest

Rabbit at Rest

HUGGING THE SHORE

HUGGING THE SHORE

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Selected Poems, 1957-81

Selected Poems, 1957-81

Complete Collected Stories

Complete Collected Stories

Complete Collected Essays

Complete Collected Essays

A Martian Sends a Postcard Home (Oxford Poets S.)

A Martian Sends a Postcard Home (Oxford Poets S.)

Complete Poems (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

Complete Poems (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

The Wedding Group

The Wedding Group

Salman Rushdie: Midnight's Children-The Satanic Verses (Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism)

Salman Rushdie: Midnight's Children-The Satanic Verses (Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism)

Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

The Satanic Verses

The Satanic Verses

Fivemiletown

Fivemiletown

Catch-22

Catch-22

Christine Brooke-Rose: The Christine Brooke-Rose Reader
Earthly Powers (Vintage Classics)

Earthly Powers (Vintage Classics)

Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Flamingo Modern Classic)

Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Flamingo Modern Classic)

Waterland

Waterland

Downriver

Downriver

Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited

Modern Classics Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford (Penguin Modern Classics)

Modern Classics Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford (Penguin Modern Classics)

On the Road (Essential Penguin)

On the Road (Essential Penguin)

A Voice Through a Cloud (Kluwer International Series in)

A Voice Through a Cloud (Kluwer International Series in)