Absalom, Absalom! Allusions

Literary References

• Sir Walter Scott (3.15)
• Arabian Nights (4.5)
• Lothario (4.8)
• Camelot (5.18)
• Pyramus and Thisbe (6.8)
• Faustus (6.10)
• Oscar Wilde (6.29)
• Fauntleroy (6.29)
• Ben Hur (7.1)
• Coke on Littleton (8.5)
• Lancelot (8.10)

Historical References

• General Sherman (4.18, 6.13)
• General Lee (6.8)
• George Washington (6.13)
• Abraham Lincoln (6.13, 8.20)

Biblical References

• Absalom (title)
• Jehovah (4.11)
• Moloch (5.3)
• Beelzebub (6.10)
• Lilith (6.29)
• Ham (6.30)
• Gethsemane (6.34)
• Abraham (8.16)

Greek Mythology References

• "Cassandralike" (1.18, 3.2, 3.5, 6.8)
• Clytemnestra
• Priapus (4.13)
• Cerberus (5.3)
• Agamemnon (6.8)