Who was the model for Alice in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)?
Alice Liddell, daughter of Henry George Liddell, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford was the model for Alice in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
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What is meant by the title of William Burroughs’s novel Naked Lunch (1959)?
The title to the drug-induced stream-of-consciousness narrative Naked Lunch means a “frozen moment when everyone sees what is on the end of every fork” and is repulsed by it. The title was suggested to the author William Burroughs by Jack Kerouac.
Which work of Franz Kafka’s prefigures his story “The Metamorphosis” (1916)?
The story “Wedding Preparations in the Country” (1907) by Franz Kafka seems to directly foreshadow Gregor Samsa’s plight, as a train passenger lying in bed imagines himself as a giant bug.
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 was Mr. Dooley’s first name?
Mr. Dooley’s first name was Martin. The Irish saloon keeper was created by Chicago newspaperman Finley Peter Dunne in 1892, and provided the moniker for a series of satirical books by Dunne, including Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War (1898) and Mr. Dooley’s Opinions (1901).
How did Sherwood Anderson die?
The author of Winesburg, Ohio (1919) Sherwood Anderson died of peritonitis after swallowing a toothpick at a cocktail party in 1941.
How did poet Vachel Lindsay kill himself?
Poet Vachel Lindsay killed himself by drinking Lysol, in 1931 at age fifty-two.