which sits somewhere between the door knocker epigraph and the elusive uncited allusion. Here’s an example, in a poem called “Nicholson Baker & I,” from Catherine Barnett’s book ...

For example, 'a Frankenstein food’ refers to food, the ingredients of which have been genetically modified. This is an allusion to the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in which a scientist ...

Disney’s latest installment of the “Captain America” series reportedly has an implicit reference to President Donald Trump, ...

Let’s break down 32 different genres and an example of a movie that belongs to each. Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park could fall into multiple genres, but since it deals with genetically ...

Despite its lyrical depth, “Peter,” the 28th track of Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poet’s Department: The Anthology” has remained underappreciated between music ...

We’re told, for example, that “acknowledging that excellence exists and can be measured is the first step toward making American education rigorous again.” (The allusion to a certain ...