When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (1.3.122)
- Homer, Iliad (1.4.59)
- Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy (1.4.59)
- D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers (1.4.59)
- Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway (1.4.59)
- Homer, Odyssey (1.5.16)
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1.16.55)
- Sigmund Freud (1.17.1)
- Carl Jung (1.22.8)
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1.23.100)
- William Shakespeare, King Lear (1.23.100)
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment (1.23.102)
- Gustav Flaubert, Madame Bovary (1.23.102)
- Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time (1.23.102)
- Jane Austen, Mansfield Park (1.23.102)
- William Shakespeare, Othello (1.23.134)
- Plato (2.1.12)
- Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book (2.3.54)
- Sappho (2.5.4)
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (2.5.26)
- William Wycherley (2.8.134)
- Jane Austen, Emma (2.9.61)
- Andrew Marvell (3.3.4)
- Robert Browning (3.10.13)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (3.10.13)
- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (3.13.157)
- Dante Alighieri, Rime Petrose (3.15.36)
- Socrates (Postscript by Bradley: par. 21)
- J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan (Postscript by Rachel: par. 4)
- C. S. Forester (Postscript by Rachel: par. 4)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (Postscript by Rachel: par. 4)
- Clarence E. Mulford (Postscript by Rachel: par. 4)
Figures out of Religion, Myth, and Legend
- Don Juan (Foreword by Bradley Pearson: par.8)
- Aphrodite (1.12.5)
- Jesus Christ (1.16.69)
- Mary Magdalene or the Virgin Mary (1.16.69)
- Buddha (1.16.69)
- Shiva (1.16.69)
- The Fisher King (1.16.69)
- Eros (2.4.53)
- Actaeon (2.8.33)
- Narcissus (Postscript by Julian: par. 12)
Historical References
- Gavrilo Princip (1.1.4)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1.1.4)
- Julian of Norwich (1.4.8)
- The Marie Celeste (1.11.6)
- Bartolomeo Colleoni (2.12.5)
"High" Culture and Pop Culture References
- Igor Stravinsky, The Firebird (1.4.4)
- Sarah Siddons (1.18.131)
- Sir Arthur John Gielgud (1.23.197)
- Vittore Carpaccio, "Dream of St. Ursula" (2.8.25)
- Inigo Jones (2.8.39)
- William Hogarth (2.8.39)
- Peter Lely (2.8.123)
- Grinling Gibbons (2.8.123)
- Arne and Ellen Terry (2.8.123)
- Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier (2.8.125)
- Tintoretto, "The Finding of the Body of St. Mark" (2.12.4)
- Francisco Goya (Postscript by Bradley: par. 2)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Editor's Postscript: par. 9)
Quotable Quotes from the Bible
- Romans 8:28 (1.12.4)