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Shakespeare and Huxley 'Brave New World'?

Grey and Hardy? I daren't say more. Can't afford to risk winning!

Grey and Hardy? I daren't say more. Can't afford to risk winning!

Eek! Twice again! I gotta repeating mouse it seems.

And if, as you seem to be implying, all of the second group (novelists) used a title borrowed from lines written by the first group (poets) then you may well have to think of the next question. Your official coronation, as always, depends upon Seamus officially declaring your genius and cunning. And this can only be 'officially' possible after Seamus himself has been duly acknowledged by Six7s.

Meanwhile, us slow folks can carry on trying to identify all the book titles and the source poems they were borrowed from and enjoy that sense of personal accomplishment that always comes from completing an assignment.


~jwf~

Alexander Pope wrote "fools rush in where Where Angels Fear to Tread"


and E.M. Forster wrote a book by the title "Where Angels Fear to Tread"

Re post #3878
<<Ah yes, well one of the other rules states... When sufficient numbers of players agree ... original poser has not yet confirmed the winner ... Official ceremonies are still expected ... final queries, complaints and compliments ... who becomes the new poser ... must then be officially restated ... &c >>

And who is the << novelist (book length) type >>
~j~ =

Anyhow... Seamus O'Torridon ( hello!) in post #3866 got it all right, so on with the game

I must say I liked the 2800 Kelvin idea , although Orange NSW was (as Greebo might say) the answer that me was looking for

Onwards!

six7's
*who has no idea re the current question, which, in keeping with the rulebook (I think), is reposted below*

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Posted 7 Hours Ago by Seamus O'Torridon ( the third secret policeman)
Post: 3874

Can you link each of the writers in the top column with one of the writers in the bottom column, and explain why?

Andrew Marvell
Julia Ward Howe
William Shakespeare
Alexander Pope
Thomas Gray



Thomas Hardy
Aldous Huxley
Robert Penn Warren
E. M. Forster
John Steinbeck

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The hard one is going to be Robert Penn Warren whose best known work was 'All The King's Men' which is a line from the nursery rhyme about 'Humpty Dumpty' and is not likely attributed to any of the poets listed in group one.

Most online resources for Robert Penn Warren will focus on that one startling work but he was, more importantly perhaps, a professor of poetry and published many other works including novels, poetry and non-fiction on many subjects, especially literary criticism. His magnus opus and 'personal' favourite work was 'Brother to Dragons' which he completely revised 25 years after its first publication. That title may well be borrowed from one of the poets but I am at a loss to know or even guess.

peace
jwf

Julia Ward Howe and John Steinbeck for "Grapes of Wrath"
Shakespear and Huxly for "Brave New World"
Thomas Gray and Thomas Hardy "Far from the madding crowd"
Alexander Pope and E.M. Foster for "Where angels fear to tread"
Andrew Marvell and Robert Penn Warren for "To His Coy Mistress"

I'm pretty sure about the first 4, but I could be very wrong about that last one.
JTW

I just want to say hi to everyone, enjoy the quiz - and say as I am off to NZ for a month I look forward to serious hilarity when I review the backlog. Good question Seamus, sonnet 116 for all you lovers out there

Take care, loosehead. I prefer number 54, myself.

B

'World enough (and time)' and 'A fine and private place' wouldn't be bad titles

The memorable and quotable 'Elegy' by Thomas Gray not only gave us Hardy's 'The Madding Crowd' but also the unforgettable film "The Paths of Glory" which everyone will remember as 'by Stanley Kubrick' and few will recognise as a book by Humphrey Cobb.


Cheers loosehead ..but surely they have computers in NZ...?
Maybe Six7s will let you use his.

~jwf~

No problem at all using my computer loosehead, especially if you bring some batteries for it
(and maybe some dark chocolate hob nobs for me )

hmmmmm.........................

Anyone wanna win? Use the tip in my message in Google.

at toxxin's prompting, I went-a-googling

Thomas Gray's poem *Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard* includes (about an hour from the start ) :

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife
Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray...

Thomas Hardy's first work of acclaim was *Far From The Madding Crowd*

six7's
<< curious to know why toxxin is reluctant to *win* >>

I meant Google 'warren world enough'. I'm too busy to think of questions