In what war did Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) serve?
Leo Tolstoy served in the Crimean War (1853-56), though he is best known for his treatment of the Napoleonic Wars in War and Peace (1863-69).
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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.
What book about the Holy Grail quest did T. S. Eliot draw upon in his poem, The Waste Land (1922)?
Jessie L. Weston’s From Ritual to Romance (1920) was the book about the Holy Grail quest that T. S. Eliot drew upon in his poem, The Waste Land.
Who wrote The Life of Charlotte Bronte (1857)?
Charlotte Bronte’s close friend, novelist Elizabeth Gaskell wrote The Life of Charlotte Bronte. The two met in 1850; Bronte died five years later.
When was Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde written?
Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde was written between 1385-90.
Who asked, “Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, /And burnt the topless towers of Ilium”?
Dr. Faustus in Christopher Marlowe’s play Dr. Faustus (c. 1588-92), on conjuring up Helen of Troy.
Who invented the golliwog?
The golliwog, a type of doll known as “the blackest gnome,” was invented by Florence K. Upton in The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a “Golliwog” (1895). More golliwog tales followed until 1909.