1910s

The Aeneid

Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans

Antigone

Daughter of Oedipus and either his mother Jocasta or Euryganeia

Memoirs

Any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author’s personal memories

Essays

Vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story

Sons and Lovers

1913 novel by the English writer D. H. Lawrence, originally published by Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd., London, and Mitchell Kennerley Publishers, New York

Dubliners

Collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. It presents a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century