References and Allusions To Other Works
The novel Tam Lin is based on the traditional Scottish border ballad Tam Lin.
The novel also contains many quotations and allusions. Most of the quotations are from English literature and especially Shakespeare's plays, but there are also quotes from and allusions to other sources, including English folk songs. One chapter refers extensively to an in-story production of The Revenger's Tragedy. It refers to the poetic works of John Keats. The complete text of La Belle Dame Sans Merci is quoted by the novel's protagonist. Homer's Iliad is quoted and referenced by several characters, in the original ancient Greek and in English translations by George Chapman and Alexander Pope.
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