Literature Beta

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Answer a question with score of 1 or more.
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Why is it called Watership Down?
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Who is Pound's Hugh Selwyn Mauberley?
Awarded Jul 31 at 20:34
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Awarded Jul 30 at 18:18
“Too too sullied flesh” in Hamlet. Why twice?
Awarded Jul 30 at 18:18
For and Against different Reading Orders for Narnia
Awarded Jul 30 at 12:08
Identify a Children's Book about a character who eats all his groceries on the way home
Awarded Jul 29 at 8:52
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Awarded Jul 29 at 5:25
Sentient manta rays living in Jupiter?
Awarded Jul 22 at 17:11
In the middle part of The Fellowship of the Ring, how did Strider find and interpret that rock message supposedly from Gandalf?
Awarded Jul 22 at 17:05
Was there a poem by Aleister Crowley that involved a mechanical girl?
Awarded Jul 20 at 15:32
In the “Neverending Story”, what judgement do Falkor and Atreyu make of the Childlike Empress?
Awarded Jul 19 at 4:51
In the “Neverending Story”, what judgement do Falkor and Atreyu make of the Childlike Empress?
Awarded Jul 19 at 4:51
Why do many Korean folk tales start with “back when tigers smoked”?
Awarded Jul 16 at 19:15
Why do many Korean folk tales start with “back when tigers smoked”?
Awarded Jul 16 at 15:55
Story About a Boy Lost in the Wilderness
Awarded Jul 11 at 0:42
What is the meaning/significance of Aragorn putting a green stone into Bilbo's song?
Awarded Jul 4 at 15:17
What kind of name is Vardaman?
Awarded Jul 2 at 19:26
What does “atom” mean in Don Quixote?
Awarded Jun 29 at 17:10
What political leanings are being described for Monsieur Carre-Lamadon?
Awarded Jun 24 at 6:42
How could Thorin and co. journey all the way to Erebor without discussing how to deal with Smaug?
Awarded Jun 23 at 15:18
How could Thorin and co. journey all the way to Erebor without discussing how to deal with Smaug?
Awarded Jun 23 at 13:05
Help understanding this quote/hymn by Isaac Watts
Awarded Jun 22 at 19:11
Why is Georg Büchner considered such an important figure in German literature?
Awarded Jun 22 at 19:11
How could Thorin and co. journey all the way to Erebor without discussing how to deal with Smaug?
Awarded Jun 21 at 13:55
How could Thorin and co. journey all the way to Erebor without discussing how to deal with Smaug?
Awarded Jun 21 at 3:10
Meaning of “the plaster stripping off the walls”
Awarded Jun 20 at 4:40
Meaning of “the humility of a charge” in “The Chief Mourner of Marne”?
Awarded Jun 18 at 22:02
History of Spoilers
Awarded Jun 16 at 15:50
What is the Myth of Fingerprints?
Awarded Jun 10 at 14:32
Time traveling teen gets lost in the stone age
Awarded Jun 8 at 1:45
Trying to find a Horror book involving a book that when read the reader believes they are a character in that book
Awarded Jun 5 at 13:43
At what point did Leontes become jealous?
Awarded Jun 3 at 5:57
Oldish (at least 15 years) children's book about a little creepy girl going to normal school for the first time?
Awarded May 30 at 5:20
Is there any symbolism in Casey at the Bat?
Awarded May 27 at 20:45
In Peter and the Wolf, why is Peter represented by a String quartet?
Awarded May 26 at 14:12
YA book involving disappearing subatomic particles?
Awarded May 25 at 14:26
Why does Martin Luther King use the word “flesh” in his speech?
Awarded May 19 at 8:45
What's meant by “in the symbol of windows and of doors” in “The Dagger with Wings”?
Awarded May 18 at 16:12
What is the difference between souteneur and proxénète in Maupassant's Bel-Ami?
Awarded May 18 at 6:11
What's the joke with “Best of Queen” in Good Omens?
Awarded May 16 at 23:47
What is the purpose of Owl Eyes in Great Gatsby?
Awarded May 15 at 15:50
What connects “dripping with gore” and Buddhism & Christianity in “The Dagger with Wings”?
Awarded May 15 at 11:01
What is “negative” and “positive whiteness” in “The Dagger with Wings”?
Awarded May 11 at 16:50
Meaning of “C.P.” footnote
Awarded May 9 at 20:08
Meaning of “the matrons are very Sabines” in Fitzstephen's description of London
Awarded May 7 at 9:36
Meaning of “spelt backwards” in “The Oracle of the Dog”
Awarded May 5 at 9:48
“By the lives of all who’d come to console and assist the stricken” What does it mean?
Awarded May 4 at 20:17
The House Was Quiet And The World Was Calm by Wallace Stevens quote interpretation
Awarded May 2 at 14:37
What does “haidamak” mean?
Awarded May 2 at 13:10
How did Billy Pilgrim know the manner and time of his death?
Awarded May 2 at 5:03
Did George R. R. Martin read Romance of The Three Kingdoms?
Awarded May 1 at 13:27
What is the “uncanny” element of Gothic Literature?
Awarded Apr 30 at 7:17
What are the sources for these six ancient Roman rhetorical tools?
Awarded Apr 29 at 10:43
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Awarded Apr 27 at 21:12
What does Lady Macbeth mean by “what thou art promised”?
Awarded Apr 27 at 9:20
What does this passage of 1984 mean?
Awarded Apr 27 at 6:25
Does 'In a Grove' assume that dead people don't lie?
Awarded Apr 24 at 5:20
In 1984, why does O'Brien expect Winston to know what Room 101 is?
Awarded Apr 23 at 10:00
What does it mean for a person to be “up” themselves?
Awarded Apr 23 at 5:13
What does it mean for a person to be “up” themselves?
Awarded Apr 23 at 1:09
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