Literature Beta

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Is there a name for the narrative technique of starting at the end and then going back to the beginning? (As in Lord Jim)
Awarded 22 hours ago
Short story about a young boy living in South Africa during Apartheid
Awarded Oct 18 at 20:40
In "Howl", what does "Blake-light tragedy" mean?
Awarded Oct 15 at 6:35
Why does Valentine refer to her father's second wife as her "mother-in-law"?
Awarded Oct 14 at 22:02
What's the evidence for "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" being secretly set in Edinburgh?
Awarded Oct 9 at 19:25
Plot differences between the 1977 version and 1997 rewrite of "Demon Seed"
Awarded Oct 5 at 21:18
French comic about a Native American prisoner
Awarded Oct 4 at 18:03
What options are there to acquire a book that is out of print?
Awarded Sep 29 at 14:02
What are these pink papers with book text written on them?
Awarded Sep 28 at 20:26
What does the line "The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them." mean in The Gifts Of The Magi?
Awarded Sep 23 at 20:26
What does the line "The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them." mean in The Gifts Of The Magi?
Awarded Sep 23 at 20:26
What is the opposite of deus ex machina?
Awarded Sep 22 at 18:46
What does "keep up to the mark" mean in this letter from Darwin to Hooker?
Awarded Sep 21 at 3:31
What is the opposite of deus ex machina?
Awarded Sep 20 at 20:57
What does, "‘Much of that!’ said he, glancing about him over the cold wet flat. ‘I wish I was a frog. Or a eel!'" mean?
Awarded Sep 20 at 6:19
What is the earliest reference in fiction to a government-approved thieves guild?
Awarded Sep 19 at 14:19
In Fight Club, why does Tyler get fired from projectionist union?
Awarded Sep 17 at 16:48
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Awarded Sep 13 at 8:11
Young-readers book of short-stories from 1960s or 70s - "Teenaged Millionaire"?
Awarded Sep 12 at 11:56
Was Holden Caulfield molested as a child?
Awarded Sep 5 at 23:12
"Keeping Quiet" by Pablo Neruda – questions
Awarded Aug 24 at 12:56
What is a term for an (occasionally lengthy) passage set between chapters?
Awarded Aug 21 at 12:58
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Awarded Aug 19 at 15:05
Meaning of 'Yawl write, hear?'
Awarded Aug 19 at 14:57
Young adult 80s novel about second coming of Christ as a horny teenage boy
Awarded Aug 14 at 22:47
How did contemporary readers respond to coincidence in 19th century novels?
Awarded Aug 12 at 12:19
What is known, and how, about the dating of the Exeter Book?
Awarded Aug 7 at 13:15
What did Vin mean by leaving Mare's flower picture for Sazed?
Awarded Aug 6 at 18:17
Short story about a wealthy man bringing his new wife to his childhood home, from when he was poor, which is in the mountains/wilderness
Awarded Jul 28 at 1:17
What is the meaning of the epilogue in Blood Meridian?
Awarded Jul 22 at 13:22
Short story about secret spy betrayed at a secret party, boss got stuck in trap while looking for files
Awarded Jul 19 at 12:56
What are these letters in Unicode?
Awarded Jul 19 at 8:48
What do "Joggleberry", "celestial limit" and "pink penultimate" mean in "The Power-House"?
Awarded Jul 16 at 4:34
In 1984, did Julia ever reach room 101? If so, what was her worst fear?
Awarded Jul 12 at 14:02
Fantasy series where magic is connected to astronomical objects
Awarded Jul 4 at 8:25
Original Russian text of this review of Crime and Punishment
Awarded Jul 1 at 18:57
I would like to identify a specific part of Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah
Awarded Jun 28 at 20:26
Did H. G. Wells use an emoticon in “The Time Machine”?
Awarded Jun 21 at 19:55
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Awarded Jun 18 at 18:57
Who are all the Priestesses and Gods?
Awarded Jun 17 at 12:10
Why is Russian literature considered part of Western culture when so much of Russia is in the East?
Awarded Jun 17 at 11:30
What's the meaning of "a knife in your throat held after dark" in the Silly Walk Song?
Awarded Jun 16 at 11:36
What does "a stroke a hole" refer to in "The Thirty-Nine Steps"?
Awarded Jun 15 at 11:28
"Which dreams, indeed, are ambition" in Hamlet Act 2, Scene 2
Awarded Jun 10 at 10:22
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Awarded Jun 5 at 4:36
What does Edith Wharton mean by "democratic principles" in The Age of Innocence?
Awarded Jun 3 at 18:17
Short British horror story about a selective, helmet-like memory eraser
Awarded May 31 at 22:43
What is the difference in pronunciation between the two types of folio abbreviations: f. and ff.?
Awarded May 25 at 7:41
Meaning of "My finger burst like a sausage"
Awarded May 24 at 5:32
Mad Magazine comic strip about a boy pondering over existence (and "I think, therefore I am")
Awarded May 21 at 16:42
How could sixty cents of $1.87 be in pennies?
Awarded May 20 at 16:19
What does Silverweed's poem signify?
Awarded May 20 at 11:10
Meaning of "trente-six à soixante-huit chandelles" in Jean Ferrat's Ma France
Awarded May 19 at 11:40
What are the "mind-forged manacles"?
Awarded May 18 at 9:11
What is the German loan word?
Awarded May 17 at 8:40
Why did Hamlet tell Ophelia: "Get thee to a nunnery!"?
Awarded May 16 at 11:55
What is the German loan word?
Awarded May 16 at 10:08
Is Babar an African or Asian elephant?
Awarded May 16 at 6:07
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Awarded May 15 at 6:02
What is the theology of Little Women?
Awarded May 15 at 5:55
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