Literary Circles of Influence

Posted by Adrienne Crezo in Art, Book & Literature on August 2, 2011 at 2:48 pm

You could probably guess that Shakespeare had some sort of creative influence on Jane Austen, but this handy infographic from Longshot magazine carries it a bit further, linking Tolstoy to Jim Morrison and Lord Byron to JJ Abrams. I find the Tolstoy to Muhammad Ali connections especially interesting.

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Russian Lit Greats… in Gingerbread

Posted by Stacy in Book & Literature, Food & Drink on March 28, 2009 at 10:56 am

Wow. My gingerbread decorations = two blobs for eyes and a curved line for a smile. Talented Craftster Woolylogic made detailed likenesses of Russian literature greats. And they’re good. That’s Dostoyevsky in the picture; click the link for cookie versions of Turgenev, Tolstoy and Gogol.

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