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
- Job (932)
- Letter of James (1154)
- Wife of Bath (1170)
- Chichevache—a cow from medieval folklore who feeds on patient wives—and is therefore very skinny (1188)
- Echo—Greek myth (1189)