The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Pearl is a parable: as Steinbeck notes at the beginning, the story is deliberately...
Anthem by Ayn Rand
A pre-klingon example of how sci-fi can explore contemporary cultural issues and questions of...
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Her first of many autobiographic works, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings charts Maya...
"America" by Allen Ginsberg
Forget Shakespeare and his sonnets. Leave Robert Frosty out to freeze. The noble art form of...
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Even though cultural studies often focuses on contemporary culture, texts from past centuries can...
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Heard of the Stanley Kubrick movie? It's based on Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange, set in a...