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Why is Dante's Magnum Opus Called a 'Divine Comedy'?

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What does "the ass and the wall are quits" mean?

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What does "atom" mean in Don Quixote?

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Why the phrasing "where the sun is silent" in Dante's "Inferno"?

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How long has El Cantar de mio Cid been considered a national epic of Spain?

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What do the names of the Decameron characters signify?

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What is the meaning of "Not even Jonah’s wife would swallow that story" in Marquez's "Love in the Time of Cholera"?

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What "always was and is the occupation of the Agolanti"?

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What is the provenance of Story 6 in Day 2 of the Decameron, set against a backdrop of 13th-century Sicily?

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When and how did the nickname "the Nightingale of India" originate?

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How much of the English history in this Decameron story has any basis in fact?

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What is meant by "traffic" in this list of men's activities?

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Quote for the "dark ages" and "middle ages"?

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What's the purpose of the last paragraph of Gogol's "The Overcoat"?

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Who is the ghost in Gogol's "The Overcoat"?

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Boccaccio's portrayal of the Catholic Church

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Meaning and significance of "cacheremo" in the Decameron?

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What is the connection between the chicken banquet and the king's intentions towards the marchioness?

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Why does Rebeca kill José Arcadio in One Hundred Years of Solitude?

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What is the meaning of "Zima" in the Decameron, Day 3 Story 5?

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Cappello, Cepparello, Ciapperello, Ciappelletto - what's it all about?

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What's the significance of Emilia's song at the end of Day 1 of the Decameron?

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Is Evil Hole / Malpertugio a realistic name for a district in Naples?

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Why did Madame Roland confess to Jean that he is the legitimate son of Maréchal instead of Pierre?