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Is there a name for the literary device in the expression "Thanks, I hate it."?
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Did George Bernard Shaw write the poem "Living Grave"?
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"There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings" — where does this Dostoyevsky quote come from?
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Meaning of "twist of felt" in "The Tiger in the Smoke"
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Why the smiling devils in Hergé's 'The Broken Ear'?
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What does the clown mean by saying that brothels in the cities "shall stand for seed" in the second scene of "Measure for Measure"?
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Why does Mr. Pumblechook call Mrs. Joe "mum"?
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Where did Doyle write that the Hound of the Baskervilles was originally intended as a "Victorian creeper", and what does this mean?
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Why is this line about prophecy in book 2 of the Odyssey thought to be "spurious"?
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Who is "the black gentleman"?
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Pride and Prejudice: Why did Elizabeth think "my uncle and aunt would have been lost to me"?
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What classic mystery novels and stories led to "the butler did it" becoming a cliché?
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Did Dante plagiarize the Divine Comedy from Kitab al-Miraj?
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How am I supposed to parse the "...she might have passed over more..." line in "Emma"?
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What does "...they had all been born on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets..." mean?
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What's the earliest fictional work of literature that contains an allusion to an earlier fictional work of literature?
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Why is Minas Tirith called "Gondor" in Return of the King by king Théoden?
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In Kerouac's On The Road, what is snakejuice?
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Children's book about a season clock and winter confining spring in his castle
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Meaning of "Your pin wad help to mend a mill" in "Address to a Haggis"
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What is the background of the epigram "I'm not a nitpicker nor a nitpicker's son, but I'll pick your nits 'til the nitpicker comes"?
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Meaning of "starred roof" in "Appointment With Love" by Sulamith Ish-kishor
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Which Chesterton story is alluded to in Childhood's End?
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What words sung by Gloria Gaynor correspond to the line written in the lyrics of I Will Survive as "It took all the strength I had not to fall apart"?
Awarded Dec 22, 2022 at 18:05
Why would Henry want to close the breach?
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Does Eli Mandel's poem about Auschwitz contain a rare word, or a typo?
Awarded Nov 25, 2022 at 19:27
Can the apparent age discrepancies in The Count of Monte Cristo be reconciled?
Awarded Nov 16, 2022 at 9:33
In "Love Among the Ruins", what is 'a carpet'?
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What translation/version of the Bible would Chaucer have read?
Awarded Oct 10, 2022 at 11:35
Meaning of a 19 century joke printed in a newspaper, with punchline "Oh, mother, what a good job the cat’s a black one"
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Source of quote about businessmen conspiring when they meet
Awarded Aug 19, 2022 at 19:45
Story where professor claims a step in a proof "is obvious" when it is far from obvious
Awarded Aug 13, 2022 at 21:42
What is the source for C.S. Lewis' quote "A good book should be entertaining"?
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Meaning of "none so poor to do him reverence" in Shakespeare's "Julius Cæsar"
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Where is the start of Treasure Island set?
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Why are so many Agatha Christie novels published with multiple titles?
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From which book or essay are these words by Ralph Waldo Emerson? "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year..."
Awarded Jun 23, 2022 at 11:16
Who is “our greatest living phonetic expert” in “Ulysses”?
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What is meant by "I'm going to push my stuff in" in Dorothy Sayers's "Strong Poison"?
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What is the planet that "leads men straight on every road" in Dante's "Inferno"?
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Story about a man who bets his head but not his neck with the devil
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Does Gandalf ever say this in the book "The Hobbit", or is it made up for the movie?
Awarded May 16, 2022 at 0:19
Would the chorus leader typically speak/sing along with the chorus in classical Greek plays?
Awarded Apr 6, 2022 at 18:57
Why are all of these things described as "ambrosial" in "The Iliad"?
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What is "taughtly aristocratic"?
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Looking for a short story about a painter who is visited by a critic from the future
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Who "dribbled a lot and wasn’t allowed anything sharp" in "Good Omens"?
Awarded Feb 27, 2022 at 13:10
How does the old norse kenning 'nausta blakks hlé-mána gífrs drífu gim-slöngvir' break down into 'warrior'
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What is the "starry pole" in Blake's "Songs of Experience"?
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Why does the prophecy imply Macbeth has to murder the king?
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"Sly frantic wretch, that holp'st to make me great" what is the meaning of "holp'st"?
Awarded Dec 26, 2021 at 23:56
Why does Aphrodite speak like this while disguised as the old woman?
Awarded Nov 4, 2021 at 15:47
In which version of "Snow White" is her name really "Lips Red as Blood, Hair Black as Ebony, Skin White as Snow"?
Awarded Oct 24, 2021 at 21:34
Why is "Oranges and Lemons" supposed to describe child sacrifice?
Awarded Oct 19, 2021 at 23:08
What does "FACIT" mean in D. J. Enright's "The Typewriter Revolution"?
Awarded Oct 18, 2021 at 20:46
Why does Valentine refer to her father's second wife as her "mother-in-law"?
Awarded Oct 15, 2021 at 13:10
Why does this copy of the Iliad mention "the will of God"?
Awarded Sep 29, 2021 at 17:55
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, 2021 at 12:10
What is the earliest reference in fiction to a government-approved thieves guild?
Awarded Sep 18, 2021 at 9:18
Meaning of lines explaining Hrothgar's ruling in Heorot
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