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| Ulysses (Joyce) | 10/30/2009 |
Q: I am reading Ulysses for the first time (the 1922 edition) and wondering why "jew" is never ...
A: Mike On a very simple level, many of the characters in the novel are clearly meant to be ...
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| Quote from Lord Macauley | 10/3/2009 |
Q: In which publication or speech of Lord Macauley does the following quote appear? "The most ...
A: It is from Lord Macauley's essay on Warren Hastings that was published in the Edinburugh Review in ...
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| Post modern Literature | 10/3/2009 |
Q: What exactly is the difference between Modern and Post modern Literature? Is parody of history part ...
A: Annabelle To clarify, I would not say that history parody is necessarily postmodernism unless it ...
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| Post Modern Literature | 10/2/2009 |
Q: In a nut shell, what are the characteristics of a post-modern literary piece? I understand that it ...
A: Annabelle Postmodernism easily means "after the modern," or more specifically, after the modernist ...
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| Could a speech or non-fiction writing be considered literature? | 9/22/2009 |
Q: This may not be your field, but I thought I'd give it a shot. Let me know if I need to direct the ...
A: Taylor First, I want to preface what I am about to say with a few disclaimers... What I am going ...
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| about the dead by joyce | 7/2/2009 |
Q: iam student of english literature(but not a native speaker iam persian) i am supposed to write an ...
A: Roya Well, first, congratulations on attempting to deconstruct a work that is by an author that is ...
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| Love Medicine/ Cuckoos Nest / Capote | 6/8/2009 |
Q: I have recently read Capote, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Love Medicine. Are you familiar ...
A: Love medicine is about families that are forced to have institutional lives on an Indian Reservation ...
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| wuthering heights | 7/20/2008 |
Q: I read that a song called "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" is inspired by the book Wuthering ...
A: I have never heard this, however I could see how a certain part of the book could be interpreted as ...
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| deconstruction | 7/16/2008 |
Q: i want to write an essay on decinstructive analysis of joyce's a portrait. ive studied philosophy of ...
A: Story Deconstruction Guidelines (Adapted from Boje & Dennehy, 1993) 1. Duality Search. Make a list ...
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| Joyce Carol Oates | 4/24/2008 |
Q: Is Joyce Carol Oates, author of Steppe and The Lady with the pet dog a feminist?
A: Ashley While her novels all can be read with feminist criticism, I understand she does not consider ...
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| Book suggestion? | 4/16/2008 |
Q: I know this may sound very strange, but I am currently writing a book and am looking for a book to ...
A: Eric I am a little confused by your query - I guess you are asking for some book suggestions where ...
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| dimension reference | 3/6/2008 |
Q: This question probably falls under more of a trivia question but I am trying to find out, "What ...
A: I am pretty sure that that is the dimensions of the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. ...
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| Don Quixote | 2/21/2008 |
Q: Sir….I study post-graduation in English Literature and as you know “Don Quixote” is an inseparable ...
A: Raj First, I want to indicate that Quioxte is not a work of English Literature. It is translated ...
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| Writting a paper | 2/2/2008 |
Q: I have a paper that is due and i don't know how to get started. The essay that i have to read is ...
A: This essay is about the paradox of our natural resources and open spaces, and how the increase in ...
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| A. E. Hauseman | 2/1/2008 |
Q: In "Terrance, This is Stupid Stuff" a friend appears to be quoting from a previous poem of ...
A: Daniel I think I understand what you are asking, but I am not sure. This is an allusion to a ...
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| Deciphering a Quotation | 1/18/2008 |
Q: Reading through one of Robert F. Kennedy's speech one the death of Martin Luther King, I came across ...
A: I believe you are right, however I just want to clarify what you have said a bit. It is more like ...
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| inappropriate ending | 1/17/2008 |
Q: I am a published writer here in Indonesia, and I was working on my second novel right now. My ...
A: Plagiarism is an interesting thing. You really have nothing to worry about if it is an original ...
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| inappropriate ending | 1/17/2008 |
Q: I am a published writer here in Indonesia, and I was working on my second novel right now. My ...
A: A very touchy and interesting subject! I do have some suggestions for you as far as what you can do ...
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| Les Miserables sequels? | 12/11/2007 |
Q: I have read that there are modern authors who have written sequels to Les Miserables, and these ...
A: Mr. Valdez I am aware of one sequel to 'Les Miserables,' but only one, and it is shrouded in a lot ...
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| poe and nabokov | 11/21/2007 |
Q: my license thesis is about echoes of poe in nabokov, but the problem is that we didn't study nabokov ...
A: Anna This is a very big question. First, aside from Lolita, I suggest you read "The Defense," ...
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| Hemingway in Michigan | 11/18/2007 |
Q: For years, Hemingway had a home in northern Michigan where he wrote novels and/or short stories ...
A: Dee In Michigan, there is a group that actually is the historical society of Hemingway in Michigan. ...
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| an Irish poem about the new year | 11/10/2007 |
Q: I've been asked to translate the following short poem by Turlough O'Carolan into Chinese, but I need ...
A: "Wound" means wound around like you originally thought. "New Harbored", I think, means harbored ...
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| Beowulf | 11/9/2007 |
Q: I am reading Beowulf on my own before I go watch the movie. However, I have some questions. Why did ...
A: Tabetha They weren't finished. There were several other things that they need to accomplish before ...
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| Great Gatsby again sorry | 10/29/2007 |
Q: Yeah sorry about that... Ok well my ideas are as follows: (1)Since Nick was said to be "different" ...
A: Scotty I do think that you are heading in the right direction here... You are hitting upon Nick in ...
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| What to think about...... | 10/21/2007 |
Q: I'm just wondering what should I think about when I write an essay about "social criticism" of a ...
A: Jimmy Basically you are sort of right. Social Criticism is not so much the events in the novel ...
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| Idylls of the King | 10/18/2007 |
Q: I am a tenth grade English student currently reading Idylls of the King. An assignment I have is to ...
A: You are right to notice Nature in Idylls of the King, however this is a motif, not a theme. A theme ...
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| Interpreting "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne | 10/9/2007 |
Q: Do you have any ideas as to how I could best go about understanding the wealth of information and ...
A: I suggest reading the notes to the text - sparknotes or cliffs notes will do - for basic thematic ...
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| Lewis Carroll's father | 10/9/2007 |
Q: Can someone tell me how Lewis Carroll's father, the Rev Charles Dodgson, died. I know he died in ...
A: Barbara - For some reason there was no answer here when I checked bacck, so I am revising the ...
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| poem | 6/23/2007 |
Q: "good day... I am a new college student and im taking up international studies... one of my ...
A: This is an extremely long answer, as a matter of fact, professors create whole courses on analysis ...
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| Non-linear novels | 6/14/2007 |
Q: Garrett, I'm interested in studying the structure of non-linear novels. I recently read Ondattje's ...
A: Stephen There are a lot of books ranging from popular fiction to classic literature that are ...
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| Literature:MarkTwain's A Conneticut Yankee | 5/30/2007 |
Q: In the story the bullet hole in the armor at Warwick castle is a foreshadowing but I'm not sure why. ...
A: Emily Foreshadowing is the idea that an event or idea that you are reading about is giving you a ...
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| santa susana term paper question | 5/29/2007 |
Q: i am currently doing a paper on classics. I'm sure you have answered this question many times. but ...
A: David I think that another one of your classmates was asking the same question of me last week. ...
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| The Great Gatsby | 5/17/2007 |
Q: I was wondering if YOU can help me with a question I have to answer about The Great Gatsby. I thik I ...
A: Kelsey I think you are totally on the right track. I wouldn't use the word 'marry' just yet, but ...
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| comprehension | 5/15/2007 |
Q: What I want to ask is about the act of reading. What's the best way to improve my reading ...
A: Meg Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you. This is a BIG question to answer! This is a ...
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| starting an essay on a novel | 5/5/2007 |
Q: i have to answer to an essay question after reading a book 'Lord of the flies'. english is my second ...
A: Here are some suggestions I have for you to make your essay come out as best as you can. First, ...
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| Great American Novel | 5/2/2007 |
Q: I am interested in the origin of the phrase 'Great American Novel' and am informed (by Wikipedia) ...
A: Gary I have found in the STUDENT section of the NATION's website, they have fully downloadable PDF ...
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| General question, hard to answer? | 4/24/2007 |
Q: nobody seems to know the answer to my question, hopefully you might... who was it that originally ...
A: Cyni Hello. I have done a lot of research over the last week or so, searching very dilligently for ...
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| Is reading for pleasure beneficial? | 4/22/2007 |
Q: I'm going to be speaking at my school (I'm in eleventh grade) in a few weeks to try and convince my ...
A: Miriam There are many studies and journals that you can reference and investigate in finding an ...
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| Dante's Inferno | 4/19/2007 |
Q: In your opinion, do you think that the first cantica in Dante's Divine Comedy, The Inferno, ...
A: Jasmine Technically it does, but that is the point. Dante wants the reader to see the ultimate ...
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| death of a salesman | 4/7/2007 |
Q: what would be a good thesis statement for death of a salesman: the topic is an individuals' attempt ...
A: Willie Lowman in Miller's Death of a Salesman attempts to secure his own satisfaction and ...
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| Ernest Hemingway | 4/6/2007 |
Q: Did Hemingway leave a suicide note? If so what did it say?
A: Mark Hemingway did not leave a suicide note. The closest that he had come was many discussions ...
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| Literature and Humanities in the 1980's | 4/5/2007 |
Q: I'm clarifying the question I asked earlier. In a humanities class I'm taking, we are studying how ...
A: Rachel Okay, I can kind of see what you are asking here... If you were to look at the majority of ...
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| Libraries | 3/29/2007 |
Q: I know i am not a 100% right here but i did not find a better place to ask myHow many libraries do ...
A: Bruce This is an interesting question that I may not be able to answer to the best of my ability. ...
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| wuthering hights | 3/27/2007 |
Q: i have a few questions on the novel wuthering heights by Emily Bronte, i am in an English literature ...
A: Mariah That sounds really good! I would say that from here you should really just make a solid ...
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| jessica hagedorn | 3/26/2007 |
Q: i was wondering if you knew, or knew of any sites, that would help me understand Jessica Hagedorn's ...
A: Char Here is a link to the book "The Americas of Asian American Literature: Gendered Fictions of ...
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| strong argument | 3/25/2007 |
Q: I would like to know if the beginning of my paper is good, coherent, if the argument is ...
A: Alexa This sounds really great! I am surprised that you used Clarke, as I really had no idea ...
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| James Thurber | 3/23/2007 |
Q: Ask anything I want? Okie doke. Can you tell me, did James Thurber ever write under a pseudonym? ...
A: Linda I am a very big fan of Thurber's work, so I am the perfect person to ask about him! As far ...
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| Dylan Thomas | 3/21/2007 |
Q: i need some help on a poet Dylan Thomas, he wrote "Fern Hill" here is the pome.... its kind of long ...
A: Mariah That looks great, assuming that they fit within the expectations of your professor. I think ...
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| Dylan Thomas | 3/20/2007 |
Q: i need some help on a poet Dylan Thomas, he wrote "Fern Hill" here is the pome.... its kind of long ...
A: Mariah First, excellent choice for your selection of the lines that exemplify the joyfulness of ...
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| The Land of Little Rain | 3/18/2007 |
Q: I need help understanding two paragraphs from a book called The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin. ...
A: James The two paragraphs are a little different in what they are communicating, so I will try to ...
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| short story | 3/17/2007 |
Q: This question will probably be a snap for you. I am trying to find the title to a short story I ...
A: Lannie I am still looking, but I found this story by Andre Theuriet that seems similar to what you ...
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| jessica hagedorn | 3/16/2007 |
Q: i was wondering if you knew, or knew of any sites, that would help me understand Jessica Hagedorn's ...
A: Char This is an excellent site that outlines Hagedorn and her work Dogeaters, and has links to many ...
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| starting an essay | 3/14/2007 |
Q: "Hi. Thank you for reading my questions and I hope you will be able to help me. I have to write an ...
A: Alexa There are two really great ways that you could start this essay that would both have a really ...
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| short story | 3/14/2007 |
Q: This question will probably be a snap for you. I am trying to find the title to a short story I ...
A: I have done some research with what I have and I have not been able to come up with anything ...
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| Thoreau | 3/7/2007 |
Q: I'm not sure of his ideas but how were his ides put into action by Martin Luther King around that ...
A: Casey This may be a question better suited to someone who knows a lot about African American ...
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| Emerson's religion | 3/5/2007 |
Q: It was very thorough, and I appreciate it. I also looked at the book link you provided, and that ...
A: Bill Emerson was an extremely well read man, and his idea of individualism and transcendentalism ...
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| Emerson's religion | 2/27/2007 |
Q: I was wondering if you could tell me anything specific about Ralph Waldo Emerson's religious beliefs ...
A: The beginning of Ralph Waldo Emerson's transformation from an everyman into a transcendentalist ...
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| Blake | 2/7/2007 |
Q: i'm not sure if you're the right person to ask but here goes. I am currently studying architecture ...
A: Ian I have been doing a lot of looking into what you have been saying about a connection between ...
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| Literature | 2/3/2007 |
Q: Can you please provide me with some clue as to whether the handmaid's tale is a realist text set in ...
A: Genevieve Technically, as a dystopian novel, you are correct in saying that it is a realist text ...
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| Frankenstein | 1/28/2007 |
Q: I have been given an essay assignment where I have to answer the following question based on the ...
A: Phillip Well, let's see. I wouldn't want to give you my personal opinions because they are my ...
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| satanic verses | 1/21/2007 |
Q: garrett, i have looked almost everywhere on the internet and i just can't seem to find a page ...
A: George If it is a summary that you are looking for, I CAN help you out with that.... Consult the ...
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| GT (Advanced) English Project | 1/7/2007 |
Q: I wanted to know if you had any project ideas for comparing Medea (by Euripedes) to Andrea Yates, ...
A: Bradley Quite simply, Medea is one of the first feminist works ( if you do not consider Antigone to ...
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| hemingway | 1/4/2007 |
Q: Sorry I can't tell you where it was. I am guessing in the end, as a final concusion. I was ...
A: Ev That is the correct answer for its meaning, and as far as the translation is concerned, in my ...
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| english | 12/18/2006 |
Q: define literature?
A: Vivian A good definition can be found at Wiki: The term has generally come to identify a ...
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| Biography recommendations | 12/14/2006 |
Q: Ah, the Lincoln book, I've heard that's great. . . . He really enjoyed Stephen King's "On Writing" ...
A: Amy Yeah, the ones I had included were some of my personal favorites... Check these out... "Dry" ...
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| Biography recommendations | 12/14/2006 |
Q: Is there a particularly compelling biography of Winston Churchill you'd recommend? Is there a ...
A: Amy The definitive biography of Winston Churchill's life, although I must admit I have never read ...
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| literature | 12/12/2006 |
Q: In what way do russian formalism and new criticism differ from the romantic views of literature and ...
A: Evi Russian Formalism and New Criticism were basically the critical eye offshoots of romanticism. ...
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| Help? | 12/7/2006 |
Q: I am not asking you to do my homework for me or anything I just need someone to point me in the ...
A: Courtney I have been searching high and low for that text,a nd I cannot find it, only some ...
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| An elusive word... | 10/25/2006 |
Q: This is perhaps an unusual question but I was just wondering whether you might be able to help... I ...
A: Alan There are quite a few words that are synonyms of your description. I will list several, and ...
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| Character Name = Character's Personality | 10/19/2006 |
Q: Here is the real answer, my sister-in-law found it for me today! ...
A: Dustin That is a fascinating answer. It seems to me to be a rather new term, especially because I ...
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| devil and daniel webster question ? | 10/11/2006 |
Q: what did the people and tri-state say ?
A: Crystal I normally do not answer academic questions. Your answer can be found with a simple ...
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| 20th century novels | 9/26/2006 |
Q: May you suggest some topics for my final projects? I should discuss at least 3 books for the same ...
A: Sarah Please clarify. What is it a project for? For instance, is it for an American Literature of ...
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| Literature | 9/26/2006 |
Q: I would like a short, concise definition of literature, as opposed to lesser writings. Or, do you ...
A: Kathryn A very eloquent answer. I would also go on to maybe just include the classifications ...
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| keats | 9/8/2006 |
Q: "after studying the major odes of keats, it seems that the allprevailing theme in it is the ...
A: This is a very simple question. Keats, much like other poets, are constantly struggling with ...
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| Piatt Poem. | 8/30/2006 |
Q: I am having a really hard time comprehending this poem by Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt. I was wondering ...
A: Allison Here is some short ideas that may spark your understanding of the poem. I am using a ...
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| Character Name = Character's Personality | 8/21/2006 |
Q: I can remember learning that there is a word/term that describes the use of a character's ...
A: Dustin I was thinking of words I knew that basically spelled out this literary device, and then I ...
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| Analysis of The Merchant of Venice | 8/3/2006 |
Q: Why is Shylock reeluctant to have dinner with bassanio? What kind of irony is the action of Shylock ...
A: Evan This sounds like basic study guide-sort of questions that would appear as a school assignment. ...
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| Title and/or author | 7/30/2006 |
Q: In high school in the mid-60's I read a short story about a diving team who referred to themselves ...
A: Bill I have exhausted my research options. I have investigated online and searched thousands of ...
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| Children's Literature | 7/21/2006 |
Q: I am looking for a book from the 1950's. All I know is that it was about a Catholic girl named ...
A: Lindsay I did what little research I could on the book, and as children's books are so widely ...
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| Fifth Business | 7/20/2006 |
Q: If you have read Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, please help me out! Assuming you have...I need ...
A: I have not read the novel, and the research I have done really hasn't helped me out as much as I ...
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| Centennial | 7/8/2006 |
Q: My teenage daughter has to read Centennial by James Michener for history. Are there any study ...
A: Patricia I understand that you would have a difficult time finding notes for this book as it is ...
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| Literature Genres | 7/4/2006 |
Q: I am trying to find definition for "yarn". I always assumed I knew what it meant, but apparently I ...
A: Sikandi How are you? Well, yarn, yarn, yarn. Let me see if I understand what you are asking. If ...
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| Orwell's Six | 6/20/2006 |
Q: George Orwell has stated Gulliver’s Travels was one of six indispensable books of world ...
A: Carl Good evening. This quote is attributed to his "POLITICS vs. LITERATURE: An Examination of ...
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| Walden by Thoreau | 6/19/2006 |
Q: In studying chapter two of Walden by Thoreau, I am to "prepare a two minute lively verbal ...
A: Aza For many years I lived about five miles from the historical battleground and the famed pond... ...
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| Title of a book read in 12th humanities, 1982 | 6/16/2006 |
Q: I read a, what I think may be, a sci-fi book back in 1982 for a 12th grade humanities class. All I ...
A: Tom I have a few suggestions, but I have been recieving a sci fi question about once a month and I ...
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| comparison/contrast | 6/10/2006 |
Q: I'm writing a final project for my grade 11 English class. It was very open ended, so I decided to ...
A: Andrea 11th Grade English class doing Roald Dahl? You must have a really cool teacher. What ...
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| Topic ideas | 6/6/2006 |
Q: I have to write a term paper in the area of 15 pages on the works of Emerson, Thoreau, and/or ...
A: Matt I apologize that I recieved your question just today, it looks as though you posted it quite ...
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| Hi. Yeah maybe i chose three... | 5/29/2006 |
Q: Yeah maybe i chose three of the most terribly received novels by Hawthorne, but apart from The ...
A: Luke Actually, "The Sound and the Fury" is also considered to be one of his best works, and I had ...
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| Hi Garrett!
I'd like to... | 5/28/2006 |
Q: I'd like to read the summaries of these novels "The Marble Faun" "Fanshawe" and "The Blithedale ...
A: Luke The Marble Faun. Here is a close rendition at WIKI: ...
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| Quote | 5/8/2006 |
Q: What does this mean: " The world is an oytser, but you dony crack it open on a mattress" ?
A: Jefflyn The quote "The world is an oyster, but you don't crack it open on a mattress," is ...
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| Who were the important figures in harper lee's life? | 5/7/2006 |
Q: I am reading to kill a mockingbird for school. I need to know which people influenced harper lee to ...
A: Jordan It is widely accepted that Truman Capote, a lifelong friend of Harper Lee, was the major ...
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| Literature | 5/3/2006 |
Q: For my American Literature class, I have been asked to compare and contrast the narrators and points ...
A: Matthew After reading it, I am pretty sure that it is the viewpoints that your professor is looking ...
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| Literature | 5/1/2006 |
Q: For my American Literature class, I have been asked to compare and contrast the narrators and points ...
A: Matthew This is a very interesting question, and I sadly have no experience with Gwendolyn Brooks ...
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| The Crucible/the war on terror? | 4/30/2006 |
Q: I'm starting to study the Crucible, and I noticed that many people have compared the Salem witch ...
A: Kelsey That is a completely legitimate viewpoint on the Crucible! Absolutely. I just finished ...
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| Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey | 4/25/2006 |
Q: I recently received a copy each of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey as a gift. I was wondering if ...
A: John There is a story that is linear between the two books, but I personally read them out of order ...
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| shakespeare | 4/22/2006 |
Q: I am trying answer my question about shakespear's genious. I personally believe he was a genious in ...
A: Andriy I am a little unsure of your sources of anyone who said that Shakespeare was the 'inventor ...
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| Garrettt, You're a GOD | 4/21/2006 |
Q: Garrett, you're a GOD. Thanks soooo much for your 'more than one stupid line' response to my ...
A: C. That is really a huge, HUGE question. I mean, it really depends on what you are looking at ...
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| Literature | 4/20/2006 |
Q: Garrett. Which 'country' is considered to have given the world 'literature'? Also, if you can. ...
A: C. Well, that really depends on your definition of literature and what exact end you are trying to ...
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| popup books | 4/17/2006 |
Q: i know this is a big ask, but i am researching popup books as a holiday project and are having ...
A: Katie I spent the last few days doing some research on the subject, and to be honest I really have ...
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| Motivation | 4/8/2006 |
Q: At this point I'm tired, and looking for motivation. I feel I have a great idea for a novel and ...
A: Andrew For this question, I can basically just tell you what my personal motivation has been and ...
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| 1960's SF Novel | 4/7/2006 |
Q: I was wondering if you could help me rediscover a great science fiction adventure novel I read in ...
A: Richard In complete honesty, I do not know a tremendous amount about Sci Fi (or romance), BUT, I ...
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| definition of literature as more than pure information | 4/7/2006 |
Q: Garrett, Hi I was wondering if you could help me explain the following expression in CAPS within the ...
A: John I am pretty sure that this is a quote by Thomas DeQuincey writing in 'LITERATURE OF KNOWLEDGE ...
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