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.
Literature, Philosophy, and Mythology
Aristotle (1.1.8)
P. B. Shelley (1.1.26)
Historical References
Henry VIII (1.1.26)
Pop Culture
Berti Laski (1.1.10)
Elvis Presley (1.1.26)
Jonny Zhivago (1.3.3)
Friedrich Gitterfenster (1.3.3)
Geoffrey Plautus (1.3.26)
Mozart (1.3.28, 3.2.2, 3.2.6, 3.6.74, 3.7.52)
J. S. Bach (1.3.28, 2.1.9, 2.1.23)
Claudius Birdman (1.4.24)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1.4.24. 1.4.26, 1.4.34, 1.5.30, 1.6.14, 1.6.15, 1.7.15, 2.2.11, 2.6.3, 2.6.5, 2.6.19, 3.2.6, 3.5.13, 3.6.74, 3.6.76)
G. F. Handel (2.1.9, 2.2.11, 2.6.19)
Adrian Schweigselber (2.1.12)
Otto Skadelig (3.5.41)
Arthur Schoenberg (3.6.74)
Carl Orff (3.6.74)
Felix Mendelsohhn (3.7.52)