Allusions/references To Other Works
Eblis, the architect of Vathek's damnation, was modelled on Iblis or Azazel; Beckford's use of the name is derived from John Milton's Paradise Lost (see Fallen angel).
Chapter 7 of Roberto Bolaño's Distant Star also mentions it.
H.G. Wells alludes to it in Tono-Bungay.
Argentinian writer Eduardo Berti's short story "El traductor apresurado" ("The Hurried Translator", published in 2002 on "La vida imposible") strongly alludes to Beckford's novel.
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