Authors and Works
This Gothic Victorian author, who penned Carmilla and "Green Tea," was more popular in his lifetime than E. A. Poe.
Who is J. Sheridan le Fanu?
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What is Old English?
What is abba abba?
This novel's theme might best be stated as "True love does not ask for gifts but is itself a gift discovered by both."
What is Stardust?
This word originally denoted an approved collection of religious texts, but now is used to indicate any listing of works that are generally recognized for their high quality.
What is canon?
Contemporary science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote this story, which is about a technological device installed in the brain that makes it impossible to tell how attractive or unattractive other people are.
What is "Liking What You See: A Documentary"?
in the woods, by the lake, near the cabin, through the door--these are all examples of this type of phrase.
What is a prepositional phrase?
The other name for the Italian sonnet, after the poet who popularized the form.
What is the Petrarchan sonnet?
"The unexamined life is not worth living" is the theme to an essay by Robert Gerzon--the quote is attributed to this Ancient Greek philosopher.
Who is Socrates?
What is the monkey in "Green Tea"?
This Renaissance poet wrote famous lines like "No man is an island" and "Go and catch a falling star."
Who is John Donne?
"Get thy face hence!" is an example of this type of English.
What is Modern English, or Early Modern English?
A type of imperfect rhyme commonly used by Emily Dickinson in which the ending consant sounds are the same but the vowel sounds are different, as in "unknown" and "porcelain."
What is slant rhyme, or near rhyme?
This story's themes could be "Growing up forces us to put away childhood fantasies" and "When you refuse to make a decision, a decision is often made for you."
What is "Crystal Halloway and the Forgotten Passage"?
This step in the hero's journey represents the protagonist stepping "into the field of adventure from the ordinary world."
What is "Crossing the First Threshold"?
This avant-garde American poet, once the second most popular poet, just behind Robert Frost, abandoned normal rules for capitalization and punctuation, and even broke apart words on the page to use individual words structurally, and is the author of "anyone lived in a pretty how town."
Who is E. E. Cummings?
A noun phrase that clarifies another noun, like "my dentist" in the sentence, "Gary, my dentist, recommends Colgate."
In 2016, this folk singer won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Who is Bob Dylan?
The theme of this Old English poem is more or less explicitly stated in its constant refrain: "That passed, this also may."
What is "Deor"?
This vocabulary word means "unnatural, distorted, bizarre."
What is grotesque?
This Medieval novel by Sir Thomas Mallory tells the popular legends of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.
What is Le Mort d'Arthur, or The Death of Arthur?
What is a present participial phrase? (Will also accept What is a participial phrase?)
Geoffrey Chaucer started this epic poem with the lines,
Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote,
The drought of March hath perced to the roote...
What is The Canterbury Tales?
"Given enough time, legends have a way of overwriting the truth" is one theme to this short story.
What is "When the Clock Strikes"?
Questions about the fundamental nature of being, like "Does my existence matter?"
What are the ontological questions?