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What's it called when a short quote appears at the beginning of a chapter?
Oct 9 '17 at 23:31
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In what way is The Lord of the Rings metafiction?
Apr 14 '18 at 23:09
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Why did Bill Watterson choose the character names he did?
Aug 13 '17 at 13:31
12
"What a piece of work is man" - echo in The Lord of the Rings?
Oct 16 '18 at 3:42
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What does "that most limited of all specialists" mean here?
Apr 10 '18 at 1:45
10
Did Isaac Bashevis Singer write only in Yiddish, or also in English?
May 20 '18 at 20:32
8
What qualifies something as "Lovecraftian"?
Oct 16 '18 at 22:12
8
Could Ozymandias be interpreted as referring to the power of the Church/pope?
Jul 17 '18 at 21:36
8
Why did Isaac Bashevis Singer win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
May 20 '18 at 19:45
7
"The dog gives but the cat is." What does it mean?
Oct 15 '18 at 1:30
7
Please explain the reference to Nabokov's 'the terrible turtles who direct learned journals'?
Aug 2 '18 at 1:25
6
Ray Bradbury says Fahrenheit 451 isn't about censorship. Is he right?
Aug 12 '17 at 18:06
6
What did Pope intend to say by "Whatever is, is right"?
May 7 '18 at 21:05
6
Was Théoden's revival inspired by Mark Twain?
May 6 '18 at 2:56
6
Why is the king 'baffled' in "Hallelujah"?
Oct 8 '17 at 15:14
5
Tolkien character names inspired by Early Modern English
May 5 '18 at 16:08
5
Is it a common motif in (western) storytelling that the antagonists are located to the east?
Apr 24 '18 at 0:12
5
How does "How Nnedi Got Her Curved Spine" meet the definition of creative nonfiction?
Mar 29 '18 at 22:18
5
Should I read The Silmarillion before or after reading The Lord of the Rings?
Aug 9 '17 at 23:00
4
Did any of the Pevensie kings and queens find romance while in Narnia?
Feb 18 '19 at 18:55
4
What is the symbolism of the Western Wind (or Zephyr)?
May 15 '18 at 21:27
3
What does Benjamin Franklin mean here in his essay, "On True Happiness"?
Mar 1 '19 at 1:36
3
Can someone explain what "corrupt without being charming" means?
Apr 28 '19 at 4:34
3
Is there any significance in King Lune's name?
Feb 20 '19 at 1:48
3
Meaning of "And do not drop in for an after-loss" in Shakespeare's sonnet 90
Aug 3 '18 at 3:19
3
How expensive was electricity during The Fountainhead?
Jul 8 '18 at 2:59
3
What's the meaning of the line "9 Parts of Desire" in this song?
May 20 '18 at 16:02
3
Title of poem written by Causley after Macneice's funeral?
May 22 '18 at 0:44
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What does "The none too savory ramifications by which" mean here?
Apr 12 '18 at 0:28
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Why is the future "a safe, sterile laboratory"?
Aug 12 '17 at 17:47
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