• Anne of Green Gables (1908) •
Literary References:
There are various literary references to existing poems, legends
or quotations that Montgomery incorporates into her novels. Here
is a brief list of several
literary works mentioned in Anne of Green Gables.
Chapter 5 (Anne's historical knowledge):
The
Battle of Hohenlinden & The
Lines of Poland by Thomas Campbell
(1777 - 1844) Scottish Poet & Journalist
Edinburg After Flodden by William Edmandstone Aytoun (1818
- 1865) Scottish Poet & Parodist
Bingen
on the Rhine by Caroline Norton (1808 - 1877) Irish Writer & Activist
for Women's Rights
The Lady of the Lake by
Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) Scottish Poet, Novelist, Historian, & Biographer
The
Seasons by
James Thomson (1700–1748) Scottish Poet
Chapter 7 (Marilla teaches the prayer and quotes "Handsome
is as handsome does..."):
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
The
Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
Chapter 8 (Anne learns this prayer):
The Lord's Prayer
Chapter 11 (Anne learns to and can recite the following poems/songs/verses):
The Dog at His Master's Grave by Mrs. Sigourney
"The
race that in darkness pined." by John Morrison (c. 1781)
Revelations
(Third chapter, second and third verses)
Nelly
of the Hazel Dell by George Frederick Root
(c. 1853)
Chapter 13 (Quotations):
The
Siege of Valencia, Night
Scene in Genoa by
Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1794 - 1835)
Chapter 17 (Allusion):
Childe
Harold's Pilgrimage - "Canto the Fourth LIX" by Lord Byron (1788
- 1824)
Chapter 19 (Elocution repertoire):
Curfew
Must Not Ring Tonight by
Rose Hartwick Thorpe (1850 - 1939)
How Sockery Set a Hen/Setting a Hen
Julius
Caesar - "If you have tears, prepare to shed them now" by William
Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Chapter 20 (Quotation):
Hamlet
- "Sweets to the Sweet" by William Shakespeare
(1564 - 1616)
Chapter 21 (Allusion, Sunday School lesson):
Daniel
in the Lion's Den
Chapter 23 (Mrs. Allan's Sunday School lesson, recitation piece):
A
Morning Visit by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
Chapter 24 (Allusion, Anne's elocution in school and Christmas concert):
As
You Like It - "small maidens tripping, unlike snails,
swiftly and willingly back to school" by William Shakespeare (1564
- 1616)
Mary,
Queen o' Scots by Henry Glassford Bell (1803 - 1874)
The Fairy Queen by Bishop Thomas Percy (1729 - 1811)
Chapter 26 (Allusion):
Hamlet
- "flat, stale and unprofitable" by
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Chapter 27 (Chapter title):
Vanity
and Vexation of Spirit The Holy Bible: Ecclesiastes (King
James Version)
Chapter 28 (Anne decides to portray Elaine):
Idylls
of the King - "Lancelot and Elaine" by Lord
Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
Chapter 29 (Anne recites this poem):
Marmion
- "The stubborn spearsmen" by
Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832) Scottish Novelist & Poet
Chapter 30 (Anne was caught reading Ben Hur, book studies):
Ben
Hur, A Tale of the Christ by
Lew Wallace (1827 - 1905) Soldier, Statesman & Scholar
Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars by Julius Caesar
The
Lady of the Lake - "He was a foeman worthy of her steel" by
Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) Scottish Poet, Novelist, Historian, & Biographer
Chapter 31 (Quotations):
The Holy Bible: King James
Version: Psalm 19:1-5 - "I'm rejoicing as a strong
man to run a race"
Maidenhood - "where
the brook and river meet" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882)
An
Essay on Criticism - "Hills peeped o'er hill
and alps on alps arose" by Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
Chapter 33 (Anne recites at White Sands Hotel, compliments
to Anne's hair colour):
A Legend
of 1870-1871: Mars La Tour/The Maiden's Vow by Stafford MacGregor,
British Vice-Consul and German Vice-Consul
Aurora
Leigh - "One moonbeam from the forehead to the crown" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Titian (1487
- 1576) "Titian was a very famous artist who liked to paint red-haired
women."
Chapter 35 (Jane Andrews studies this
author, Avery scholarship, quotation):
Virgil
Rob Roy - "...my foot is on my native heath" by Sir Walter Scott
The
Woman on the Field of Battle - "joy of strife" by Felicia Dorothea
Browne Hemans (1793 - 1835)
Chapter 36 (Chapter title, Marilla discusses the Avery
scholarship, quotation):
Ode
- "The glory and the freshness of a dream" by William Wordsworth
(1770 – 1850)
Proverbs
16:18 - "Pride goes before a fall"
Chapter 37 (Chapter title):
Snow-Bound:
A Winter Idyll - "A loss in all familiar things" by
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 - 1892)
Chapter 38 (Chapter title, Anne contently quotes at the
end of the book):
The
Reaper and the Flowers
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
Pippa
Passes - "God's in his heaven, all's right with the world" by
Robert Browning (1812 – 1889)
Bibliography:
Matsumoto, Yuko. "Montgomery Digital
Library." The
Guide to the Musical Theatre. 2005. Yuko Matsumoto Homepage. December 25, 2005. <http://homepage3.nifty.com/office-matsumoto/>.