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Questions about Aurora Leigh (1856), an epic novel in blank verse by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Use this tag with the [elizabeth-barrett-browning] tag.
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Questions about the works of Stephen King and his life as a writer. Stephen King is most famous for his works in horror, such as 'Carrie', 'It' and 'The Shining'.
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For questions about To Kill A Mockingbird, the book by Harper Lee. Use this tag with the [harper-lee] tag.
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For questions about the works of the Soviet writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky or their lives as writers. Their most famous works include "Hard to Be a God", "Roadside Picnic", "Monday Begins on Satu…
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For questions about the poet Robert Frost or his works. Questions about his short poems should be tagged with the [poetry] tag as well.
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Questions about the literary works of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) or his life as a writer. Questions about his works should be tagged with [italian-literature].
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Questions about works of literature that were originally written in the Polish language, regardless of whether they were written or published in Poland or elsewhere.
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For questions about the author Ernest Hemingway or about any of his literary works.
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For questions about Watership Down, the novel by Richard Adams. Use in conjunction with [richard-adams].
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Questions about the works of Richard Adams (1920-2016) or his life as a writer.
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For questions about the Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges or about any of his literary works, most famously his short story collections Ficciones (1944) and The Aleph (1949).
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For questions asking why a book was (not) censored or what was it (not) censored for.
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For questions about The Odyssey, the epic poem by Homer. Use with [homer] and [greek-literature].
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Questions about the 'Decameron' (1348–1353), a collection of short stories and novellas by Giovanni Boccaccio. Use with the tags [giovanni-boccaccio] and [italian-literature].
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Questions about the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (c. 1265 – 1321) and his works. In addition to the 'Divine Comedy', Dante also wrote 'La Vita Nuova' ("The New Life"), the Latin treatise 'De vulgari e…
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Questions related to the English poet John Milton (1608–1674), author of Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained and other works.
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For questions about the life and works of transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862). He is best known for his book 'Walden' and his essay "Civil Disobedience".
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Questions about 'Like Water, Like Fire', an anthology of Belarusian poetry in English translation published in 1971. Use with the tag [belarusian-literature].
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Questions related to race, including both racism and its condemnation.
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For questions about Portuguese literature: works of literature which were originally written in the Portuguese language, whether from Portugal, Brazil, or elsewhere in the world.
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Questions related to the novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Use this tag with the [mary-shelley] tag.
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Questions related to the English author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 – 1851) and her work. She is best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein (1818) but also wrote short stories, biographies and…
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For questions about the works of Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) and his life as a writer.
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For questions about the works of Hector Hugh Munro (1870 – 1916), when writing as Saki, and his life as a writer. Do NOT use for questions about Hector Hugh Munro that are unrelated to his pseudonymou…
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Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.
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Questions about the theme or themes of one or more works of literature. "Theme" refers to a central idea or message in a literary work. A theme typically unifies the literary work and should not be co…
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Questions related to works of literature which are transmitted through speech or song.
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Questions related to Charles Dickens's novel Great Expectations (1860 – 1861), the author's penultimate completed novel. It is a bildungsroman about the personal development of the orphan Philip Pirri…
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Questions related to Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, published anonymously as "By the Author of Sense and Sensibility". Use this tag with the [jane-austen] tag.
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Questions about Dante Alighieri's narrative poem 'Divina Commedia' ('Divine Comedy'), written in the years 1308 – 1320. Use this tag with the tags [dante-alighieri] and [italian-literature].
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Questions asking for an explanation of an element of the plot of a work of fiction.
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Questions about the works of German author and journalist Theodor Fontane (1819 – 1898) or his life as a writer. He is best known for his novels, which have a skeptical view of German society. Use wit…
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Questions about works of literature originally written in any of the Arabic languages, including Classical Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic.
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Questions related to the English poet Ted Hughes (Edward James Hughes, 1930 – 1998) and his work. Hughes also published several translations of literary works. When asking about a poem, please use the…
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For questions about William Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies. Use this tag with the [william-golding] tag.
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For questions about the British novelist and Nobel Laureate William Golding (1911-1993) or about any of his literary works, most famously the book Lord of the Flies about a group of boys marooned on a…
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