7
votes
What is a “sawney tea” in Kingsley Amis’ “The Riverside Villas Murder”?
meaning
misprint
kingsley-amis
the-riverside-villas-murder
asked Sep 15, 2023 at 17:33
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7
votes
How does one “shoot an arrow through all twelve axes” in the Odyssey?
homer
plot-element
the-odyssey
asked Mar 30 at 17:18
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6
votes
Source of the claim that Filippo Argenti once slapped Dante
italian-language
dante-alighieri
divine-comedy
asked Jun 16 at 16:55
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votes
What does “Hoti’s business” refer to, in Browning’s ‘A Grammarian’s Funeral’?
poetry
allusions
robert-browning
asked Mar 10, 2022 at 21:34
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votes
Emily Jane Pfeiffer’s “To the Blind Architect of the City of Life”
poetry
interpretation
emily-jane-pfeiffer
asked Oct 10, 2020 at 7:52
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6
votes
In "Paradise Lost", how can a fleet of ships "hang in the clouds"?
meaning
john-milton
paradise-lost
asked May 22, 2020 at 6:47
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6
votes
Does Penelope secretly recognize Odysseus?
greek-language
homer
the-odyssey
asked Mar 23 at 15:01
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5
votes
What is the “presence” in Wordsworth’s ‘Tintern Abbey’?
meaning
poetry
william-wordsworth
asked May 17, 2021 at 10:16
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5
votes
What inspired the “lava-lymph” in Elizabeth Browning’s “Aurora Leigh”?
poetry
inspiration
elizabeth-barrett-browning
aurora-leigh
asked Jan 5, 2021 at 22:13
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5
votes
Explain the bidding in ‘The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker’
short-stories
historical-context
dorothy-l-sayers
asked Sep 14, 2019 at 10:14
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