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Why are there three different versions of the “solid/sullied/sallied flesh” line in Hamlet?
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Is Narayan really quoting a traditional proverb, and from which Indian language/culture?
Awarded Aug 4 at 4:34
Meaning of President “Coin” in the Hunger Games books?
Awarded Aug 3 at 10:15
Trying to remember a book about a relationship between a teenage girl and an older man
Awarded Jul 29 at 9:25
Had people related the work of Gogol before “The Nose”?
Awarded Jul 27 at 3:36
In 1984 why does the Newspeak dictionary have numbered editions?
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Why is London 'the town which Brutus sought by dreams'?
Awarded Jul 22 at 18:57
How developed is the Gnommish language?
Awarded Jul 22 at 17:25
Why is the order of The Chronicles of Narnia changed from original publication?
Awarded Jul 19 at 9:32
What qualifies something as “Lovecraftian”?
Awarded Jul 18 at 22:34
Why do many Korean folk tales start with “back when tigers smoked”?
Awarded Jul 16 at 17:40
Bilbo’s song of Eärendil in “The Fellowship of the Ring”
Awarded Jul 15 at 3:01
What is an epic and why is there “only one epic in English Language so far”?
Awarded Jul 14 at 11:50
Why does the murderer call Macduff's son “egg”?
Awarded Jul 13 at 18:25
What does Dostoyevsky mean by 'propaganda' in Crime and Punishment?
Awarded Jul 13 at 11:18
What is “the poem” that the spider refers to in Philip Dick's short story “Expendable”?
Awarded Jul 10 at 20:47
Do clergymen usually use spades?
Awarded Jun 25 at 3:56
How could Thorin and co. journey all the way to Erebor without discussing how to deal with Smaug?
Awarded Jun 23 at 0:06
In The Bet, why does the lawyer willingly stay fifteen years instead of five years for no extra reward?
Awarded Jun 11 at 12:20
What does the sukebind represent?
Awarded May 28 at 21:41
What is “This is Just to Say” about?
Awarded May 26 at 12:03
Source of quote: “Speaking the truth that somebody wants you not to publish is journalism. Everything else is marketing.”
Awarded May 24 at 19:27
How does scansion work in Arabic poetry?
Awarded May 22 at 11:26
What is the theology of Little Women?
Awarded May 20 at 23:40
Can we assume the 'Savages' go unpunished?
Awarded May 20 at 23:18
What's the meaning of “give someone the lie” in Macbeth?
Awarded May 18 at 12:05
Why do Jem and Scout call their father Atticus?
Awarded May 15 at 17:28
How did Shakespeare get away with staging witchcraft in his plays such as in Othello, Macbeth, or The Tempest?
Awarded May 14 at 4:11
Does the Abrahamic God exist in the Cthulhu Mythos?
Awarded May 12 at 15:30
What's the symbolism of the flowers in The Winter's Tale?
Awarded May 10 at 17:51
Did Isaac Bashevis Singer write only in Yiddish, or also in English?
Awarded May 6 at 20:02
How might Shakespeare have become familiar with Dante's work?
Awarded Apr 30 at 9:40
What does Narcissa Malfoy's name say about her character?
Awarded Apr 28 at 11:33
What does it mean for a person to be “up” themselves?
Awarded Apr 24 at 9:28
Were the early sexual experiences of Lolita and her classmates inspired by the real experience of children in New England in 1947?
Awarded Apr 23 at 17:27
What's the origin of the rhyme “My friend Billy had a ten foot willy”?
Awarded Apr 15 at 12:10
Is there really a nuclear war in the world of “The Lord of the Flies”?
Awarded Apr 12 at 21:05
What is the libellous meaning of ‘daffy-down-dilly’?
Awarded Mar 26 at 20:25
Meaning of a Trollope quotation about the “best dressed gentleman”
Awarded Mar 17 at 14:10
What are the “dark Satanic mills” in Blake's Jerusalem?
Awarded Mar 12 at 11:40
Why did Douglas Adams call Paul Neil Milne Johnstone the worst poet?
Awarded Mar 11 at 20:20
What’s the link between “The Amazing Maurice” and the Tiffany Aching books?
Awarded Mar 10 at 20:30
Why does Shakespeare sometimes use “do” with the verbs in his plays?
Awarded Mar 8 at 11:40
Which order is recommended for the “Commonwealth” novels?
Awarded Feb 28 at 22:05
Why did SAQ get re-translated?
Awarded Feb 20 at 23:40
How long had Bertha Mason been in the attic at the point of the events in Jane Eyre
Awarded Feb 3 at 13:10
Was Shakespeare a religious fanatic?
Awarded Jan 27 at 15:10
What are the nets in Ender's Game? Are they based on anything in real life?
Awarded Jan 20 at 15:00
What happened to the epic poem?
Awarded Jan 16 at 1:20
Is there any animal internal monologue in The Lord of the Rings?
Awarded Jan 9 at 14:35
What is Tom Bombadil's importance in The Lord of the Rings?
Awarded Dec 30 '19 at 10:00
What does Mr Darcy refer to when objecting to Mr Bennet's “want of propriety”?
Awarded Dec 18 '19 at 3:00
What was supposedly satanic about the Lord of the Rings?
Awarded Dec 13 '19 at 10:25
Why is Sergeant Shadwell obsessed with nipples?
Awarded Dec 9 '19 at 11:45
How did Mama and Papa bear know someone was sitting in their chairs?
Awarded Dec 5 '19 at 1:35
Why did attitudes change towards tragedy?
Awarded Oct 26 '19 at 22:15
What is the relationship between Heart of Darkness and The Hollow Men?
Awarded Oct 17 '19 at 15:35
What is the process to be nominated for the Man Booker Prize?
Awarded Oct 4 '19 at 5:00
Meaning/translation of title “The Light Fantastic” by Terry Pratchett
Awarded Sep 29 '19 at 23:10
What is the source of “You can achieve a lot with hate, but even more with love” (Shakespeare?)
Awarded Sep 16 '19 at 10:05
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