Madness and the irrational
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The Great BooksThe BacchaeEuripidesThe BacchaeEuripides · c. 405 BCEOn 7 lists
Miguel de Cervantes Don QuixoteDon QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes · 1605-1615On 7 listsThe Great BooksHamletWilliam ShakespeareHamletWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1600On 6 lists
King LearWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1605-1606On 6 lists
PhaedrusPlato · c. 370 BCEOn 4 listsThe Great BooksMacbethWilliam ShakespeareMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606On 4 lists
The Libation BearersAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksThe Praise of FollyDesiderius ErasmusThe Praise of FollyDesiderius Erasmus · 1511On 3 lists
Herman Melville Moby-DickMoby-DickHerman Melville · 1851On 3 lists
Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad · 1899On 3 listsThe Great BooksIntroductory Lectures on PsychoanalysisSigmund FreudSigmund Freud Introductory Lectures on PsychoanalysisIntroductory Lectures on PsychoanalysisSigmund Freud · 1916-1917On 3 lists
Twelfth NightWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1601On 2 lists
Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime and PunishmentCrime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky · 1866On 2 listsThe Great BooksHedda GablerHenrik IbsenHedda GablerHenrik Ibsen · 1890On 2 lists
Sigmund Freud The Interpretation of DreamsThe Interpretation of DreamsSigmund Freud · 1899On 2 listsThe Great BooksFive Lectures on Psycho-AnalysisSigmund FreudFive Lectures on Psycho-AnalysisSigmund Freud · 1910On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Waste LandT. S. EliotThe Waste LandT. S. Eliot · 1922On 2 lists
IonPlato · c. 390 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Comedy of ErrorsWilliam ShakespeareThe Comedy of ErrorsWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1594On 1 list
A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595-1596On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Winter's TaleWilliam ShakespeareThe Winter's TaleWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1610-1611On 1 listThe Great BooksA Tale of a TubJonathan SwiftA Tale of a TubJonathan Swift · 1704On 1 listThe Great BooksRasselasSamuel JohnsonRasselasSamuel Johnson · 1759On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798On 1 listThe Great BooksOn the Tragedies of ShakespeareCharles LambOn the Tragedies of ShakespeareCharles Lamb · 1811On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsSamuel Taylor ColeridgePoemsSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1796-1834On 1 list
PoemsEdgar Allan Poe · 1827-1849On 1 list
Fyodor Dostoevsky The IdiotThe IdiotFyodor Dostoevsky · 1869On 1 listThe Great BooksSelected Papers on HysteriaSigmund FreudSelected Papers on HysteriaSigmund Freud · 1893-1909On 1 list
William James The Varieties of Religious ExperienceThe Varieties of Religious ExperienceWilliam James · 1902On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Mysterious StrangerMark TwainThe Mysterious StrangerMark Twain · 1897On 1 listThe Great BooksDeath in VeniceThomas MannDeath in VeniceThomas Mann · 1912On 1 list
On NarcissismSigmund Freud · 1914On 1 listRemembering, Repeating and Working-ThroughSigmund Freud · 1914On 1 listThe UnconsciousSigmund Freud · 1915On 1 listThe Great BooksA General Introduction to Psycho-AnalysisSigmund FreudSigmund Freud A General Introduction to Psycho-AnalysisA General Introduction to Psycho-AnalysisSigmund Freud · 1916-1917On 1 listMourning and MelancholiaSigmund Freud · 1917On 1 listThe Great BooksSix Characters in Search of an AuthorLuigi PirandelloSix Characters in Search of an AuthorLuigi Pirandello · 1921On 1 listThe Great BooksInhibitions, Symptoms, and AnxietySigmund FreudInhibitions, Symptoms, and AnxietySigmund Freud · 1926On 1 listThe Great BooksA Rose for EmilyWilliam FaulknerA Rose for EmilyWilliam Faulkner · 1930On 1 listThe Great BooksMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'NeillMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'Neill · 1931On 1 listThe Great BooksAnalytical PsychologyCarl JungAnalytical PsychologyCarl Jung · 1935On 1 listThe Great BooksNauseaJean-Paul SartreNauseaJean-Paul Sartre · 1938On 1 list
Ralph Ellison Invisible ManInvisible ManRalph Ellison · 1952On 1 list
The Wretched of the EarthFrantz Fanon · 1961On 1 list
Miguel de Cervantes Don QuixoteDon QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes · 1605-1615On 7 listsThe Great BooksHamletWilliam ShakespeareHamletWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1600On 6 listsKing LearWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1605-1606On 6 listsPhaedrusPlato · c. 370 BCEOn 4 listsThe Great BooksMacbethWilliam ShakespeareMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606On 4 listsThe Libation BearersAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksThe Praise of FollyDesiderius ErasmusThe Praise of FollyDesiderius Erasmus · 1511On 3 listsHerman Melville Moby-DickMoby-DickHerman Melville · 1851On 3 listsHeart of DarknessJoseph Conrad · 1899On 3 listsThe Great BooksIntroductory Lectures on PsychoanalysisSigmund FreudSigmund Freud Introductory Lectures on PsychoanalysisIntroductory Lectures on PsychoanalysisSigmund Freud · 1916-1917On 3 listsTwelfth NightWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1601On 2 listsFyodor Dostoevsky Crime and PunishmentCrime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky · 1866On 2 listsThe Great BooksHedda GablerHenrik IbsenHedda GablerHenrik Ibsen · 1890On 2 listsSigmund Freud The Interpretation of DreamsThe Interpretation of DreamsSigmund Freud · 1899On 2 listsThe Great BooksFive Lectures on Psycho-AnalysisSigmund FreudFive Lectures on Psycho-AnalysisSigmund Freud · 1910On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Waste LandT. S. EliotThe Waste LandT. S. Eliot · 1922On 2 listsIonPlato · c. 390 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Comedy of ErrorsWilliam ShakespeareThe Comedy of ErrorsWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1594On 1 listA Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595-1596On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Winter's TaleWilliam ShakespeareThe Winter's TaleWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1610-1611On 1 listThe Great BooksA Tale of a TubJonathan SwiftA Tale of a TubJonathan Swift · 1704On 1 listThe Great BooksRasselasSamuel JohnsonRasselasSamuel Johnson · 1759On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798On 1 listThe Great BooksOn the Tragedies of ShakespeareCharles LambOn the Tragedies of ShakespeareCharles Lamb · 1811On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsSamuel Taylor ColeridgePoemsSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1796-1834On 1 listPoemsEdgar Allan Poe · 1827-1849On 1 listFyodor Dostoevsky The IdiotThe IdiotFyodor Dostoevsky · 1869On 1 listThe Great BooksSelected Papers on HysteriaSigmund FreudSelected Papers on HysteriaSigmund Freud · 1893-1909On 1 listWilliam James The Varieties of Religious ExperienceThe Varieties of Religious ExperienceWilliam James · 1902On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Mysterious StrangerMark TwainThe Mysterious StrangerMark Twain · 1897On 1 listThe Great BooksDeath in VeniceThomas MannDeath in VeniceThomas Mann · 1912On 1 listOn NarcissismSigmund Freud · 1914On 1 listRemembering, Repeating and Working-ThroughSigmund Freud · 1914On 1 listThe UnconsciousSigmund Freud · 1915On 1 listThe Great BooksA General Introduction to Psycho-AnalysisSigmund FreudSigmund Freud A General Introduction to Psycho-AnalysisA General Introduction to Psycho-AnalysisSigmund Freud · 1916-1917On 1 listMourning and MelancholiaSigmund Freud · 1917On 1 listThe Great BooksSix Characters in Search of an AuthorLuigi PirandelloSix Characters in Search of an AuthorLuigi Pirandello · 1921On 1 listThe Great BooksInhibitions, Symptoms, and AnxietySigmund FreudInhibitions, Symptoms, and AnxietySigmund Freud · 1926On 1 listThe Great BooksA Rose for EmilyWilliam FaulknerA Rose for EmilyWilliam Faulkner · 1930On 1 listThe Great BooksMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'NeillMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'Neill · 1931On 1 listThe Great BooksAnalytical PsychologyCarl JungAnalytical PsychologyCarl Jung · 1935On 1 listThe Great BooksNauseaJean-Paul SartreNauseaJean-Paul Sartre · 1938On 1 listRalph Ellison Invisible ManInvisible ManRalph Ellison · 1952On 1 listThe Wretched of the EarthFrantz Fanon · 1961On 1 list