I never quite understood why Mustapha Mond had red lips. If you don't know the page where this happens, it is in Chapter 3 and states, On the fringe of the little group stood a stranger- a man of middle height, black-haired, with a hooked nose, full red lips, eyes very piercing and dark. Most p...

In Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity, Richard Rorty makes this statement in passing: the use of Rossetti-like tropes got in the way of the early Yeats's use of Blakean tropes. suggesting (given the context) that Yeats's later poetry was a synthesis of that of Blake and Rossetti. What is he ref...

This passage is from The Children's Bach by Helen Garner ‘Sing something,’ said Poppy to Elizabeth. ‘Sing ‘‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’’.’ ‘Oh, not that,’ said Philip. ‘You do the come-ah come-ah,’ said Elizabeth to Philip. They sang. Billy flung himself about in Dexter’s arms, loopy, with rollin...

Chapter 1 of François Rabelais's novel Pantagruel contains a long list of ancestors of Pantagruel (quoted from the edition on Wikisource, emphasis added): Et le premier fut Chalbroth, Qui engendra Sarabroth, Qui engendra Faribroth, Qui engendra Hurtaly, qui fut beau mangeur de souppes et regna a...