In what Hemingway short story does Nick Adams first appear?
Hemingway’s alter ego Nick Adams, the central figure of In Our Time (1924), makes his first appearance in “Indian Camp” (1923).
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From what work did Matthew Arnold get the phrase “sweetness and light”?
From Jonathan Swift’s The Battle of the Books (1704). Matthew Arnold used the phrase “sweetness and light” in Culture and Anarchy (1869) to elaborate his idea of culture as a humanizing and ennobling force.
What are the names of the ghosts in Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw (1898)?
The names of the ghosts in Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw are Peter Quint and Miss Jessel, the former valet and governess at the estate called Bly.
What is a rubaiyat?
Rubaiyat is the plural of the Persian word meaning “a poem of four lines.” The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur is a poem composed of such quatrains. The twelfth-century Persian poem was translated freely into English by Edward FitzGerald in 1859.
Who created Roderick Hudson?
Henry James created Roderick Hudson, in the 1876 novel of the same name.
What was the name of the Faerie Queene in Spenser’s The Faerie Queene (1590-96)?
Gloriana was the name of the Faerie Queene in Spenser’s The Faerie Queene (1590-96).
How long after John Kennedy Toole’s death was A Confederacy of Dunces published?
A Confederacy of Dunces was published eleven years John Kennedy Toole’s death. Born in 1937, Toole finished his comic novel of New Orleans in 1963, but failed to find a publisher. He committed suicide in 1969. With the help of the novelist Walker Percy, his mother succeeded in getting the book published in 1980. Dunces…