Portal:Literature/Did you know/Week 17

... that Matthew Arnold's (pictured) 1867 poem "Dover Beach" features prominently in Ian McEwan's 2005 novel, Saturday?

... that during the years of his American exile, German novelist Thomas Mann regularly addressed his countrymen via the BBC in a series of anti-Nazi speeches entitled Deutsche Hörer! (Listen, Germany!)?

... that the Greek island of Patmos (Πάτμος) is most notable for the two visions received by John and its subsequent mention in the Book of Revelation, the last book of the New Testament?

... that "One Off the Short List" is a short story by Doris Lessing set in early 1960s London about a womanizer who is prevented from thoroughly enjoying his successful seduction of an attractive work colleague?

... that in Peter Turrini's 1972 play Sauschlachten (Slaughtering the Pig) a handicapped farm hand is brutally killed by the local community?

... that Leo Rosten is the creator of the fictional character of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N as well as the author of The Joys of Yiddish?

... that "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" is the beginning of Mark Antony's famous speech in Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar?