Briar Rose Allusions & Cultural References

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

  • Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (2.6)
  • Harlan Ellison (8.51)
  • William Shakespeare, The Tempest (16.59)
  • Robin McKinley, Beauty (novel) (16.97)
  • Dante (25.2)
  • Goethe (25.7)
  • Schiller (25.7)
  • Arthur Rimbaud (25.7)
  • Charles Baudelaire (25.7)
  • Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (25.16)
  • Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis (25.30)
  • The Bible (32.24)
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson (32.39)

Historical References

  • Adolf Hitler (25.21)
  • Oskar Schindler (29.1)