Book Bridges discussion

I have always been intrigued by the number of book titles (and remember I am the one who does not look at cover art but grabbed by the title of a book) that are lines from Shakespeare.
Today being Halloween I, of course, thing of
By the Pricking of My Thumb
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Forgive the capitalization errors here.

Well I think not I thing...

The Winter of Our Discontent

Something Wicked This Way Comes has always been a favorite title for me. I am continually surprised by how many WS quotes show up in titles--and how illiterate I am in his works to not recognize them right away.

The gaps in my knowledge continue to astound me. Speaking of this, astound does not look right.

I may have known this but just read a Sue Miller book where one of the characters has a line from The Tempest.
Brave New World
Is this a new one for anyone?

Linda wrote: "Brave New World", Is this a new one for anyone?"

Actually I knew of that one but did you know that Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne got it's name from the bard? (King John to be precise)

If you like this kind of thing, I invite you to check out my quiz about where book titles come from.
http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/1456...

Stephen wrote: "Linda wrote: "Brave New World", Is this a new one for anyone?"

Actually I knew of that one but did you know that Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne got it's name from the bard? (King John to..."

Oh, Stephen. I will try this one but likely just get sucked in again with your quiz suggestions. Love them but am always taken down a notch or two. Maybe that is a good thing. Truthfully I enjoy seeing what you suggest.

Dang! I knew five of these but somehow the answers did not take. I know five of fifteen is not good but better than the zero that I was given. Maybe the results will not be posted since the answers were not taken. Down two notches this time.
I will not give up. Keep the quizzes coming. I am bound to know something.

Linda, When I looked at your quiz score I see 7 of 15. That's above average on my Bible Bard or Balladeer quiz!

Stephen wrote: "Linda, When I looked at your quiz score I see 7 of 15. That's above average on my Bible Bard or Balladeer quiz!"

Thank you for the kind words. If I remember I did "know" some of these, and of course there were guesses. Keep the quizzes coming. I enjoy them even if I do not do well.

Just watched Jeopardy and saw a question on Shakespeare quotes. There was a quote from Henry V that had in it Band of Brothers. Since I found a couple of books by that name, can we use it here. Never heard it quoted before and can't say where the titles came from. What do you think???

Definately! It's from King Henry V's St Crispin day speech. I still tear up from time to time when Kenneth Branaugh does that speech.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

That whole scene is wonderful as is the one two scenes earlier where we get "a little touch of Harry in the night" (and I'm not referring to Will's brother the Blackhawk pilot either)

Stephen wrote: "Definately! It's from King Henry V's St Crispin day speech. I still tear up from time to time when Kenneth Branaugh does that speech.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day th..."

Thank you Stephen for the confirmation. I will check this all out. Isn't it lovely how learning leads to learning?

And how learning repeats itself. Reading one of Rendell's Wexford books and he uses O, brave new world that has such people in it. Had to look it up again, but this time I suspected Shakespeare since Wexford calls up his lines often.