A book by an author with this surname ends with servants covering mirrors so that Abraham Anslo’s soul can wander to “unimaginable worlds.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Give this surname of the Polish author of Still Life with Bridle. He claimed to be a descendent of the English poet George, who included pattern poems like “Easter Wings” in The Temple.
ANSWER: Herbert [accept George Herbert; accept Zbigniew Herbert]
[10m] This novel ends by interpolating the last sentence of Herbert’s Still Life with Bridle. However, the narrator credits it to Thomas Browne, whose works are cited throughout this novel set in Suffolk.
ANSWER: The Rings of Saturn [or Die Ringe des Saturn: Eine englische Wallfahrt] (by W. G. Sebald)
[10h] This thinker’s bed titles a piece in Still Life with Bridle about his legal battles. In Olga Tokarczuk’s (“toh-KAR-chook’s”) Flights, this thinker’s friend Philip reflects on his arguments while dissecting his own amputated leg.
ANSWER: Baruch Spinoza [or Benedictus de Spinoza; or Baruch Espinosa; or Bento de Spinosa]
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