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Every Literary Reference in The Tortured Poets Department (The Anthology)
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13 participants, 9 books
You can start and finish this challenge whenever you like!
I expanded on a list made by Nesha Ruther for Bond & Grace
Challenge Books
1
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Dylan Thomas
“You’re not Dylan Thomas and I’m not Patti Smith. This ain’t the Chelsea Hotel, we’re modern idiots.”-The Tortured Poets Department
one of his most famous poems
one of his most famous poems
2
Just Kids
Patti Smith
“You’re not Dylan Thomas and I’m not Patti Smith. This ain’t the Chelsea Hotel, we’re modern idiots.”-The Tortured Poets Department
“We were just kids, babe”- loml
3
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
“‘Stay away from her’ The Saboteurs protested too much.”- But Daddy I Love Him
4
Florida
Lauren Groff
“The hurricane with my name when it came, I got drunk and I dared it to wash me away.”- Florida!!!
"Florence Welch posted on her Instagram stories saying that when asked by Taylor to collaborate on Florida!!!, she immediately thought of this spooky, stormy, short story collection by the contemporary writer Lauren Groff. Florida was released in 2018 and got Groff a National Book Award nomination." (quote from Nesha Ruther's listacle)
5
(bonus)
The Holy Bible: King James Version
Anonymous
“What if I roll the stone away? They’re gonna crucify me anyway.”- Guilty as Sin?
going to make this one a bonus because it's long
going to make this one a bonus because it's long
Luke 24:1-6: “On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!”
Matthew 28:2-4: “There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.”
Matthew 28:2-4: “There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.”
6
(bonus)
The Beauty and the Beast
Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve
“Beauty is a beast that roars down on all fours, demanding more.”-Clara Bow
I'm just going to read a re-telling for fun! There are so many, but I read Beauty Tempts the Beast by Lorraine Heath.
I'm just going to read a re-telling for fun! There are so many, but I read Beauty Tempts the Beast by Lorraine Heath.
7
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
“A Rose by any other name is a scandal.”- The Albatross
8
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“She’s the Albatross, she is here to destroy you.”- The Albatross
9
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle
“The brink of a wrinkle in time, bittersweet sixteen suddenly”- So High School
10
(bonus)
Poetics
Aristotle
“You know how to ball, I know Aristotle”-So High School
for the lols
11
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
“I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind. People need a key to get to, the only one is mine. I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child.” -I Hate It Here
12
(bonus)
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
Albert Camus
“I pushed each boulder up the hill. Your words are still just ringing in my head, ringing in my head.”- thanK you aIMee
I'm just going to do a Wikipedia rabbit hole and call it a day, personally