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
- Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (2.6)
- Harlan Ellison (8.51)
- William Shakespeare, The Tempest (16.59)
- Robin McKinley, Beauty (novel) (16.97)
- Dante (25.2)
- Goethe (25.7)
- Schiller (25.7)
- Arthur Rimbaud (25.7)
- Charles Baudelaire (25.7)
- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (25.16)
- Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis (25.30)
- The Bible (32.24)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (32.39)
Historical References
- Adolf Hitler (25.21)
- Oskar Schindler (29.1)