When authors give shout outs 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
- Geoffrey Chaucer (1.1.1)
- Anne Bradstreet (1.1.122)
- Immanuel Kant (1.1.122)
- Roland Barthes (1.1.122)
- Michel Foucault (1.1.122)
- Jacques Derrida (1.1.122)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1.1.122), (2.4.15)
- Martin Heidegger (1.1.122), (1.4.185)
- Aristotle (1.1.122)
- Bishop Berkeley (1.1.122)
- Andrew Marvell (1.1.122)
- Kierkegaard (1.4.185)
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1.4.225)
- Raymond Chandler (1.5.215)
- Michel de Montaigne (1.5.262)
- Ruth Gordon (1.11.59)
- Barbara Cartland (1.13.2)
- John Grisham (1.13.2)
- Heinrich von Kleist (1.13.2)
- Hans Christian Andersen (1.14.2)
- Agatha Christie (2.1.100)
- Emily Dickinson (2.4.15)
- Dante Alighieri (2.4.15)
- John Donne (2.4.15)
- William Blake (2.4.15)
- Pablo Neruda (2.4.15)
- Michael Bishop (2.4.15)
- Paul Verlaine (2.4.15)
- Charles Baudelaire (2.4.15)
- Marcel Proust (2.24.1)
- J.B. Priestley, Man and Time (Prologue Epigraph)
- Derek Walcott, Love After Love (Prologue Epigraph)
- Derek Walcott, Selected Poetry; Caribbean Writers Series
- Derek Walcott, Collected Poems, 1948-84
- Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies (Book 1 Epigraph), (2.25.41), (2.25.70)
- John Donne, Elegies and Songs and Sonnets (1.1.122), (2.29.71-72)
- Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus (1.1.122)
- William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch (1.1.122)
- William Blake, Songs of Innocence and Experience (1.1.122)
- A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh (1.1.122)
- Lewis Carroll, The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1.1.122), (1.11.119)
- Laurence Sterne, Tristam Shandy (1.1.122)
- Michael Lesy, Wisconsin Death Trip (1.1.122)
- Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, Hypothermia, Frostbite and Other Cold Injuries (1.1.122)
- John James Audubon, Birds of America (1.2.57)
- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (1.4.89)
- William Shakespeare; quote from As You Like It (2.15.70)
- The Bible; edition unknown (1.4.194)
- World Almanac 1968; editors unknown (1.5.5)
- Herman Melville, Billy Budd (1.5.252)
- Herman Melville, Moby Dick (1.5.252)
- William Blake, "The Tyger" (1.6.2)
- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe ( B1.6 OR 5?)
- P.L. Travers, Mary Poppins (1.7.91)
- J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan (1.7.91), (1.8.169)
- Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway (1.7.94)
- Claude Lévi-Strauss, The Raw and the Cooked (1.8.49)
- Andrew Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress" (1.9.145)
- Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (1.9.150)
- Carolyn Keene (pseudonym), Nancy Drew (1.9.219)
- Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone (1.11.1)
- Carmina Burana; various unknown authors (1.11.1)
- Charles Dickens, Bleak House (1.11.14)
- Physicians Desk Reference, various editors (1.12.1)
- Francis Quarles, My Beloved is Mine (1.12.50)
- Leon Golub, Art in America (1.12.161)
- Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1.14.71)
- Encyclopedia Americana; Unknown edition (2.9.70)
- Jane Austen, Emma (2.19.10)
- Jorge Louis Borges, Ficciones (2.25.64)
- Silvia Plath, "Lady Lazarus" (2.28.3)
- Brothers Grimm, Little Red Riding Hood (2.28.4)
Art References
- Sandro Botticelli (1.1.22)
- J. M. W. Turner (1.3.81)
- Vincent Van Gogh (1.4.17)
- Anselm Kiefer (1.10.87)
- Norman Rockwell (1.13.3)
- Diego Rivera (2.1.137)
- Frida Kahlo (2.1.137)
- Rudolf Koch (2.2.6)
- Bruce Rogers, Centaur (1.3.59)
- Bruce Rogers, Book of Kells (1.3.59)
- Bernardo Martorell, St. George Killing The Dragon (1.4.16)
- George Seurat, La Grande Jatte (1.4.13)
- Claude Monet, Haystack (1.4.13)
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Moulin Rouge (1.4.13)
- Joseph Cornell, Soap Bubble sets (2.14.1)
- Joseph Cornell, Hotel boxes (2.14.1)
Pop Culture References:
- Julia Child (1.1.39)
- Patty Hearst (1.4.132)
- Johnny Carson (1.4.49)
- Wim Wenders (1.5.161)
- Tom Cruise (1.5.207)
- Lydia Lunch (1.9.383)
- James Stewart (1.9.208), (1.9.229)
- Donna Reed (1.9.208), (1.9.229)
- Jackie Gleason (1.9.265)
- Charlton Heston (1.12.146)
- Louise Brooks (2.9.60)
- Lois Lane (2.23.59)
- Clark Kent (2.23.57)
- The Parent Trap (1.4.95)
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1.3.2)
- Mad (magazine) (1.5.5)
- Rear Window (1.5.193)
- The New York Times (1.7.37), (1.8.172)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1.9.179)
- Reader's Digest (1.13.3.)
Musical References
- Aretha Franklin (1.1.39)
- Franz Schubert (1.1.98)
- Van Halen (1.5.206)
- The Sex Pistols (1.6.1), (1.9.400), (1.9.426), (2.22.1)
- Violent Femmes (1.8.225), (1.8.237), (1.8.255)
- The Velvet Underground
- Iggy Pop (1.9.408), (2.20.95)
- Iggy Pop & The Stooges (1.9.411)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1.6.2), (1.7.4)
- Franz Schubert (1.6.5)
- Kurt Weill (1.6.5)
- Aretha Franklin (1.8.172)
- Patti Smith (1.8.80) (1.9.415), (2.22.1)
- Talking Heads (1.8.80)
- New York Dolls (1.8.80)
- Johnny Thunders (1.8.80)
- Smoking Popes (1.8.85)
- The Doors (1.9.131)
- Jimi Hendrix (1.9.131)
- Béla Bartók (1.9.231)
- Johann Strauss (1.9.287)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1.9.287)
- The Clash (1.9.400), (2.22.1)
- Blondie (1.9.401-405)
- The Ramones (1.9.406)
- Nirvana (1.9.403)
- Pearl Jam (1.9.409)
- Tom Petty (1.9.400)
- New York Dolls (1.9.411)
- MC5 (1.9.411)
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers B1.9.411)
- Richard Hell and the Voidoids (1.9.415)
- Talking Heads (1.9.416)
- Gang of Four (1.9.426)
- Buzzcocks (1.9.426), (2.22.1)
- Dead Kennedys (1.9.426)
- X (1.9.426)
- Mekons (1.9.426)
- The Raincoats (1.9.426)
- Dead Boys (1.9.426)
- New Order (1.9.426)
- The Smiths (1.9.426)
- Lora Logic (1.9.426)
- Au Pairs (1.9.426)
- Big Black (1.9.426)
- PiL (1.9.426)
- Pixies (1.9.426), (2.22.1)
- The Breeders (1.9.426)
- Sonic Youth (1.9.426)
- Prince (1.9.430)
- The Beatles (1.9.437)
- Depeche Mode (1.9.438)
- Sting (1.9.438)
- The Cure (1.9.438), (2.22.1),
- Charles Mingus (1.12.130)
- Frank Sinatra (1.13.3)
- Joni Mitchell (2.1.1.)
- The Shaggs (2.1.1)
- John Coltrane (2.9.17)
- The B-52's (2.16.1)
- Eagles (2.16.1)
- The Bangles (2.16.1)
- Fleetwood Mac (2.16.1)
- Bee Gees (2.19.1)
- Supertramp (2.22.1)
- Matthew Sweet (2.22.1)
- Phish (2.22.1)
- The Pogues (2.22.1)
- Pretenders (2.22.1)
- Kate Bush (2.22.1)
- The Cramps (2.22.1)
- Art of Noise (2.22.1)
- Echo & The Bunnymen (2.22.1)
- Television (2.22.1)
- Dazzling Killmen (2.22.1)
- The Golden Palominos (2.22.5)
- Frédéric Chopin (2.25.65)
- The Kinks (3.2.32)
- Bob Seger (3.2.37)
- Talking Heads, "Once In a Lifetime" (1.5.59)
- Violent Femmes, Gone Daddy Gone (1.8.260)
- Richard Wagner, Lohengrin (1.10.44)
- Jorge Arnaiz, Talking Heads; Spanish Edition
- Giuseppe Verdi, Aida ((1.6.5)
- Georges Bizet, Carmen (1.6.5)
- Gustav Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde (1.7.4)
- Giacomo Puccini, Madame Butterfly (1.9.65)
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Cello Suite No. 2 (1.9.235)
- Terry Riley, Salome Dances for Peace (1.9.276)
- John Corigliano, The Ghost of Versailles (1.12.175)
- The Beatles, Yellow Submarine (2.1.101)
- Richard Wagner, Tristan and Isolde (2.20.105)
- Alban Berg, Lulu (2.22.5)
- The Jam, That's Entertainment (2.23.3)
- Elvis Costello, Pills and Soap (2.23.3)
- Lou Reed, Perfect Day (2.23.3)
- Gang of Four, I Love a Man in a Uniform (2.23.3)
Historic References
- Saint Thomas Aquinas (1.4.267)
- Aristotle (1.4.267)
- Ivan Pavlov (1.9.126)
- Saint Matthew (1.9.150)
- John the Baptist (1.9.278)
- The Medici (1.14.24)
- Adam Smith (2.1.120)
- Karl Marx (2.1.120)
- Rosa Luxemburg (2.1.120)
- Alan Greenspan (2.1.120)
- Leon Trotsky (2.1.136)
- Pierre Bosquet; Quote: "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre" (1.5.208)
- Johannes Gutenberg, The Gutenberg Fragment; Bible fragment (2.26.1)
- William Caxton, Game and Playe of the Chesse (2.26.1)
- Nicolas Jenson (printing), Eusebius; Typeface (2.26.1)