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
- Racine, Mithradates (5.1.53)
- Voltaire, Philosophical Letters (5.1.59), Poem on the Destruction of Lisbon (9.1.50)
- Confessions of the Count de X X X (7.1.12)
- The Encyclopaedic Dictionary (7.1.8)
- James, Dictionary of Medicine (7.1.8)
- Samuel Richardson (11.1.3)
- Rousseau, Emile (11.1.10)
Historical References
- Emanuel Christoph Klupfel, founder of the Almanac de Gotha (8.1.2)
- French treaty with Genoese (12.1.50)