Even though postmodernism is essentially anti-canonical (although I disagree with this truism), here's a list of works that serve as a good primer to this movement. Although it focuses primarily on postmodernist novels, the list includes a few theoretical works and poetry, both of which contributed greatly to this aesthetic shift, one that is still largely being defined.
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