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Who coined the phrase, "the Stoic Mistake"?
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Why is there so much technical detail of whaling included in Moby-Dick?
Awarded Jul 15 at 15:31
Is there any deeper reason as to why Joyce chose the Latin name for Odysseus when he titled Ulysses?
Awarded Jul 9 at 1:35
In Don Quixote, why wasn't Sancho Panza allowed to speak in the black mountains?
Awarded Jul 7 at 19:11
What was the first picaresque novel in Italian literature?
Awarded Jul 5 at 7:51
Story with opening line about finding God behind the moon
Awarded Jun 27 at 11:48
Wife kills husband short story, NOT "Lamb to the Slaughter", where the wife giggles at the thought of killing him
Awarded Jun 26 at 14:21
What was the intended audience of "Absent, Or Not Absent" by Tsering Woeser?
Awarded Jun 23 at 19:50
Are keteks based on some form of real-life poetry?
Awarded Jun 18 at 2:49
An undecipherable part of 'Goldfish' by Raymond Chandler
Awarded Jun 6 at 4:50
Short story where an older lady realizes that her new beau has been murdering his wives, but decides to go with it
Awarded Jun 3 at 15:43
What does Silverweed's poem signify?
Awarded May 22 at 18:41
Why is Rousseau saying that "[...] Russia was civilized too soon"?
Awarded May 15 at 14:46
What do the silks and tattoos represent in Sui-Yun's poem about Eve?
Awarded May 15 at 11:26
Was the Marvel "Punisher" title a response to Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns"?
Awarded May 15 at 9:25
Why was Welsh nationalist poet RS Thomas so critical of the Welsh people?
Awarded May 13 at 13:48
What was supposedly satanic about the Lord of the Rings?
Awarded May 8 at 16:31
Why was Pygmalion retitled to My Fair Lady?
Awarded May 6 at 7:56
What's the purpose of the last paragraph of Gogol's "The Overcoat"?
Awarded May 3 at 3:28
identify a Douglas Adams-ish short story about a failed attempt to communicate with aliens that ends with an anticlimactic sentence
Awarded Apr 27 at 1:19
Symbolism of the name Red Rose in Chapter 8 of The Scarlet Letter
Awarded Apr 25 at 2:10
Book about Wife POV killing her husband and throwing his body down a well
Awarded Apr 12 at 7:40
Does literary theory have a technical term for a writer publishing the first version of one of their works in a foreign language?
Awarded Apr 8 at 20:56
Meaning of "put in all the salt and pepper"
Awarded Mar 28 at 12:57
How did Denisov reappear in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace?
Awarded Mar 19 at 9:46
What is the children's book about a troll looking for a rope to hang his brother?
Awarded Mar 15 at 14:51
What is a “sawney tea” in Kingsley Amis’ “The Riverside Villas Murder”?
Awarded Mar 12 at 19:04
What is the oldest literary award?
Awarded Mar 6 at 13:56
Difference between "conte" and "nouvelle" at the time of La Fontaine
Awarded Feb 5 at 20:33
Difference between "conte" and "nouvelle" at the time of La Fontaine
Awarded Feb 3 at 4:38
What are all the stories left unfinished in The Neverending Story?
Awarded Feb 1 at 19:40
What was the location of Hill House in The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson?
Awarded Jan 23 at 3:25
In 1984, did Julia ever reach room 101? If so, what was her worst fear?
Awarded Jan 11 at 10:26
Identify a detailed-prose book of Aesop fables
Awarded Jan 10 at 2:16
What evidence is there that Vladimir Nabokov was abused as a child?
Awarded Jan 8 at 17:26
What changes were made to Ruddigore?
Awarded Jan 3 at 5:12
How much time does the entire Farthing Wood saga take?
Awarded Dec 30, 2023 at 22:41
When is "Mr Pottermack's Oversight" set?
Awarded Dec 4, 2023 at 3:10
80s? Infected Man trapped in an Office tower with people trying to kill him
Awarded Nov 29, 2023 at 8:37
Bizarre early 1970's children's picture book about life in prison
Awarded Nov 21, 2023 at 4:55
What are the 1001 stories in One Thousand and One Nights?
Awarded Nov 18, 2023 at 19:02
What are the 1001 stories in One Thousand and One Nights?
Awarded Nov 17, 2023 at 13:05
Why are letters hostile to the Childlike Empress?
Awarded Nov 6, 2023 at 14:10
A pair of children decide that their neighbor is a witch and convince her to try flying
Awarded Nov 3, 2023 at 13:18
Why did John le Carré choose that particular (French) pseudonym?
Awarded Nov 1, 2023 at 11:51
What's on the pages missing from the Internet Archive copy of "Angel Baker, Thief"?
Awarded Oct 19, 2023 at 14:33
Scanning Langston Hughes' "The South"
Awarded Oct 13, 2023 at 19:11
Why all those tangents in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables?
Awarded Oct 11, 2023 at 23:41
Is the name Crowley in Good Omens a reference to the famous occultist?
Awarded Oct 4, 2023 at 12:33
"The legend of the oyster and the pearl" by Dario Fo
Awarded Oct 1, 2023 at 5:17
Why did Dunbar consider a life of intentional boredom worth living?
Awarded Sep 28, 2023 at 16:41
What significance does the opening grid illustration of Burton’s 1,001 Nights have?
Awarded Sep 19, 2023 at 16:34
What is Paul's character based on in "Code Name Verity"?
Awarded Sep 13, 2023 at 9:41
Hidden-away man found dead, was addicted to a fancy/medical form of opioids
Awarded Sep 11, 2023 at 15:09
Do a lot of Shakespeare characters break the fourth wall?
Awarded Sep 11, 2023 at 3:20
In "Adventure of the Priory School", what is going on with the reward money and the cheque?
Awarded Aug 30, 2023 at 14:26
Why are William Mcgonagall's poems considered so terrible?
Awarded Aug 19, 2023 at 21:48
What does this paragraph of "An Equal Music" by Vikram Seth mean?
Awarded Aug 17, 2023 at 21:27
How much of Ariadne Oliver's character is self-insertion by Agatha Christie?
Awarded Aug 17, 2023 at 16:40
Short story that poked fun at certain authority figures (presidents or prime ministers) via implications of incompetence
Awarded Aug 5, 2023 at 23:11
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