Classic Literature to inspire Creativity
This collection of 64 Literary classics has been chosen to inspire ideas and images for art students. There's something here for everyone. Read a short section on one or two pages or come to the library to borrow the entire book. We'd love to show your artwork in the library when you're done!
A classic dystopian future where women are enslaved to men.
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Paper burns at 451`F; books are illegal in this C20th dystopia.
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Passionate obsession on the bleak English moors.
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A ground-breaking romance using stream of consciousness.
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The best-selling novel which helped to end slavery.
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The original Gothic tale of science gone wrong.
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A semi-autobiographical novel about mental illness in the1950s.
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What if the consequences your evil deeds happen to your portrait?
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An autobiographical novel about colonising the American West.
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A C14th utopia where women are valued and respected.
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A quirky children's classic about how to deal with boredom.
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A poetic moral tale about desire gone wrong.
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Celtic and Arthurian mythology unite in a classic children's fantasy.
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Intensely original and influential poetry on everyday life and death.
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Vivid world-building underlies this original block-buster fantasy
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Pulitzer prize winning poetry about peace, gender and the arts.
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A psychological study into oppression and madness.
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A meandering radio play with stunningly original language.
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An early postmodern novel about colonisation, feminist & socialism.
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The novel that brought female characters into science fiction.
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A spy thriller set in a WWII prison with an unreliable narrator.
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Human apocalypse viewed by a time-travelling prisoner-of-war.
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Award-winning YA book about philosophy, religion and evolution.
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Nobel-prize winning story of motherhood in the US slavery era .
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A rape trial in segregated America told from a kid's perspective.
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Australia's best known female writer's classic comingofage novel.
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Classic murder mystery from a writer who defined the genre.
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Influential sci-fi comedy classic posing as a tourist guide.
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Playful, poetic novel detailing life after the partition of India/Pakistan.
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Feminist fairy-tales that challenge the classics.
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Words and literature save life of well-known writer/abuse survivor.
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4 sisters navigate poverty, loss & love in beloved children's classic.
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An expose of mental institutions by a journalist who entered one.
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A young man wakes one morning transformed into an insect.
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Poems celebrating one of the greatest real-life literary romances.
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The original Big Brother watches your every move - and thought!
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Just how much influence can a teacher have on her pupils?
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A feisty Red Riding Hood saves the world, in a sci-fi dystopia.
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Gutsy, imaginative orphan finds kindred spirits in adoptive town.
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Macondo builds a Columbian utopia; colonisation destroys it.
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The classic romance by which all others are defined.
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Award-winning academic and poet addresses social injustices .
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Napoleonic soldier meets Venetian beauty in award-winning fairy tale.
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Children's classic - a child travels the universe in search of wisdom.
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A girl uses her worst faults to save the universe.
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Ordinary girl uses her worst faults to save the universe.
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Poetry biography of Cuba's first feminist and abolitionist writer.
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Romance and class wars in the early days of industrialisation.
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A woman's perspective on colonial Australian life that rivals Lawson.
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Mystery and love combine in this time-travelling comedy.
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A postmodern love story that consists of definitions.
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Short stories about technological futures from a sci-fi master.
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Powerfully poetic love story set after the Hiroshima bombing.
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Compelling landscapes and rescued pelicans in
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Powerful verse from one of Russia's most influential poets.
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Experimental biography of a jazz musician in the 1920s.
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Science and theology blend in this thrilling children's adventure.
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A thrilling historical adventure told in lyrical words & superb images.
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Experimental novel composed of fragments about art, music & life.
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Provocative short stories from a surrealist artist.
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Lyrical romance between Scottish freedom fighter & time-traveler.
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Classic fantasy tells the King Arthur from a female perspective.
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Lessa and her dragon go back in time to save her world.
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The first great female poet, respected across ancient world.
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http://www.wnba-books.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/75-Books-by-Women-Whose-Words-Have-Changed-the-World.pdf
https://oedb.org/ilibrarian/50_books_that_changed_the_world/
https://www.abebooks.com/books/best-female-authors/index.shtml
http://www.yawednesday.com/blog/artistry-and-innovation-in-young-adult-literature-by-wendy-r-williams