A Quote in the Title Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tennyson

The lines in question are from Tennyson's 1830 sonnet "The Kraken", and the Kraken itself is a fearsome sea monster in Scandinavian mythology.
In John Wyndham's novel, first published in 1953, and retitled "Out of the Deeps" for the US market, it is journalist Mike Watson who quotes these words:-

"Below the thunders of the upper deep;
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides: above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumbered and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages and will lie
Battening upon huge sea-worms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by man and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die."

Answer: John Knox

Knox was a Scottish pastor and a leader of the 16th century Protestant Reformation in Scotland. He wrote his essay in Geneva and it was published anonymously in 1558.
It was originally written as a form of protest against two female sovereigns, Mary I of England and Mary I of Scotland who were both Roman Catholics.
Knox protested both their religion and their gender vehemently, and although not a Roman Catholic, when Elizabeth I came to the English throne in 1558 she was offended by his "anti-female sovereign" stance and would not countenance Knox as a leader of the Protestant movement in England.

The first of the "Discworld" books, "The Colour of Magic" was first published in 1983, and "Monstrous Regiment" in 2003. Sir Terry has sold over 70 million copies of his books over the years, and they have been translated into almost forty languages.

Answer: Evil Under the Sun

"Evil Under the Sun" was Agatha Christie's 23rd novel to feature detective Hercule Poirot, and was first published in 1941. It has been translated into at least thirteen languages. The title phrase comes from the Book of Ecclesiastes 6:1.
"Something Wicked This Way Comes" is by Ray Bradbury, and was first published in 1962. The title is taken from the Shakespearian tragedy "Macbeth" which was written during the first decade of the seventeenth century.
"Brave New World" (1932) by Aldous Huxley, takes its title from Shakespeare's "The Tempest" (circa 1610) and is part of a speech made by Miranda in Act V.
"Under the Greenwood Tree" was originally published anonymously in 1872, and was written by Thomas Hardy. The title is taken from Act II of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" (circa 1600).

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Answer: Milton

The three books of the trilogy are "The Golden Compass" (1995) which was also entitled "Northern Lights" in some countries, "The Subtle Knife" (1997), and "The Amber Spyglass" (2000). The books have won several prestigious major literary awards.
The titles in question are quotations from Book Two and Book Seven of "Paradise Lost" by John Milton. This epic work was first published in ten volumes during the 1660s.

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Answer: The Battle Hymn of the Republic

The words to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" as it now stands, were written by Julia Ward Howe in 1861. It has been popular ever since in the US as a patriotic song, and is often played during Presidential inauguration ceremonies.
"The Grapes of Wrath" was first published in 1939, and won a Pulitzer Prize for Steinbeck.
"In the Beauty of the Lilies" was first published in 1996. The plot follows the fortunes of several generations of an "ordinary American family" through 80 years of the 20th century.

Many people know the first verse -

"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on."

but the fifth verse is not so well known -

"In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on."

Answer: Yeats

"No Country for Old Men" was first published in 2005. A film of the story, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, made in 2007, won four Oscars including one for Best Picture.
"The Young in One Another's Arms" was first published in 1977. As well as being an award winning author, Jane Rule was a noted campaigner for gay and lesbian rights in her native Canada.
Robert Silverberg has also written a Nebula Award winning novella entitled "Sailing to Byzantium".
The poem "Sailing to Byzantium" was first published in 1928, as part of "The Tower" collection of Yeats' works.

Answer: Omar Khayyam

The line in question comes from "The Rubaiyyat of Omar Khayyam", verse 51.

"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it."

"The Moving Finger" was first published in the USA in 1942, although it had been serialised in "Collier's Weekly" magazine the previous year. It was her 33rd novel, and features lady detective Miss Marple.

Answer: Lewis Carroll

The four books in this series are called "Through the Looking Glass" (2005), "Vorpal Blade" (2007), "Manxsome Foe" (2008) and "Claws That Catch" (2008). The series is also sometimes called "The Looking Glass" series.
The actual poem "Jabberwocky" comes from from "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There", which was first published in 1872.

Answer: Tennyson

The lines in question are from "Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and are quoted several times in the book.
"Come, my friends,'tis not too late,
To seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die."

Answer: Robbie Burns

"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft agley" is from Robbie Burns work "To a Mouse," written in 1785.
The book "Of Mice and Men" was first published in 1937, and features a scene where one of the characters tries to stroke a mouse and accidentally kills it because he doesn't realise how fragile it is, and how strong he is.
Sidney Sheldon also chose to quote "To a Mouse" when he titled his 1997 novel "The Best Laid Plans".