The Lovely Bones Allusions and Cultural References

Literary and Philosophical References

• Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (1.2)
• Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1.37)
• Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird (2.85, 2.93)
• William Shakespeare, Othello (2.90, 2.91, 2.92, 6.28)
• Erica Jong, Fear of Flying (2.155)
• Judy Blume, Are You There God, It's Me Margaret (2.158)
• Albert Camus, Resistance, Rebellion, and Death (2.158)
• Thornton Wilder, Our Town (3.34)
• William Shakespeare (6.26)
• John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me (6.29)
• Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach (7.36)
• Henry James (12.104)
• T.S. Eliot (12.104)
• Charles Dickens (12.104)
• Norton Anthology (13.171)
• Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (16.15)
• Moliere (16.69)
• Jean-Paul Sartre (16.69)
• Collette (16.69)
• Marcel Proust (16.69)
• Gustave Flaubert (16.69)

Historical References

• Royal Shakespeare Company (6.26)
• Margaret Sanger (12.95)
• Gloria Steinem (12.95)
• Gray's Anatomy (16: Snapshots.33) (the book)

Mythic References

• Persephone (12.88, 12.102)
• Zeus (12.88)
• Helen of Troy (12.95)
• Demeter (12.102)
• Cupid (12.102
• Psyche (12.102)

Pop Culture References

• Breakfast at Tiffany's (2.7) (the movie)
• Seventeen (2.17)
• Glamour (2.17)
• Vogue (2.17)
• Barbie (2.99)
• Raggedy Ann (2.99)
• The Marx Brothers (2.156)
• Kool-Aid (2.20)
• Charles Bronson (5.1)
• Monopoly (5.86)
• Strawberry Banana Kissing Potion (6.33)
• Sir Laurence Olivier (6.37)
• Playboy (11.110)
• Dr. Spock (12.104)
• Better Homes and Gardens Guide to Entertaining (12.104)
• Masterpiece Theatre (18.21)