References To H. E. Bates
- Bates's novel Love for Lydia served as inspiration for singer/songwriter Donna Lewis's smash hit I Love You Always Forever.
- After receiving a frosty reception from a local villager, Paul McGann's character in the film Withnail and I says, "That's not the attitude I'd been given to expect from the H.E. Bates novel I'd read."
- Literary study of his works: H.E. Bates (Twayne's English Authors Series) by Dennis Vannatta. Published in 1983 by Twayne Publishers, Boston. ISBN 0-8057-6844-0
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