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What is the idea to be presented to the reader besides the "sins" of the children in Charlie and the Choclate Factory
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Is there a suggested order for Thomas Pynchon's novels?
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In "The Love of a Good Woman," what did Mr. Willens actually do to Mrs. Quinn?
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What literary techniques were employed in "The Unfortunates" to make it coherent despite being read in random order?
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What is it that has the sandworms not attack & destroy the sietches in Dune?
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While not out of scope here, questions that would be in scope at scifi.stackexchange.com are probably not the best choice for creating a list of top 40 questions on Literature – James Jenkins Dec 7 '15 at 16:12
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@JamesJenkins I don't think it's a significant problem: of the 15 questions proposed so far, only one (this one) is also on topic over at scifi.se. – Hamlet Dec 7 '15 at 18:42
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To what extent is Tower of Secrets fictionalised?
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What font face was used in the book "Magnus Chase, The Sword of Summer"?
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What inspired Asimov in his Foundation series, to write about a decaying Empire?
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What is the Not the Booker prize?
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Are the gangrenous cows in Cold Comfort Farm a specific parody or reference, or just a silly exaggeration of the "loam & lovechild" genre?
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In the Nursery Rhyme; Jack and Jill went up the hill ... Jack fell down and broke his crown, ... What is Jacks Crown?
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Why does the author refer to the Howard University as "The Mecca" in "Between the World and Me"?
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What is the best guide to explain the Irish history in James Joyce's Ulysses?
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This question would be improved if you asked about a specific question about the history featured in Ulysses. There is a different proposal for book recommendation questions on Area51, and you can ask your question there. – Hamlet Jun 7 '16 at 17:54
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Is the Legend of the Fifth Elephant true or just Fable?
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Why, in 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame', does Esmeralda take the ugly flowers from the beautiful vase, not the beautiful flowers from the ugly vase?
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What was the inspiration for the sympathy magic in "The name of the wind" by Patrick Rothfuss?
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Is there a reason why Wallraff always writes 'Ich (Ali)' through his entire book Ganz unten?
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In Adventures of Tom Sawyer why did Aunt Polly have to sew up Tom's collar?
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What was the original title of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'?
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Considering the corpus of work from Martin Amis and looking at previous winners, why hasn't he been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?
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Was Jack London's Mercedes in Call of the Wild meant to be a "poke" at the Mercedes in The Count of Monte Cristo?
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When is the Shadow Children series set?
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What is the timeline for Rick Riordan's mythological books?
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In The Things They Carried, what is O'Brien's attitude towards the priests? Why does he seem to conflict with Dobbins?
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Why was Yugoslavian Literature so highly regarded during the civil war in central and western Europe, although their nationalist sentiment?
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Connotation and significance of "angel's tear" in Keats' 'city pent'? Effect of likening the day to an angel's tear on the qualities of the day?
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What is meant by the last line "he was taken from death to life" in Henry Woodfin Grady's "If I Live Till Sundown"?
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Which contemporary English authors in touch with Napoleon Bonaparte in their works apart?
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I don't understand this question. – KitFox Sep 21 '16 at 1:54
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When Proust wrote Swann's Way, did he intend to create the seven-part novel that became In Search of Lost Time?
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What specific problems make Joseph Hume's translation of Inferno one of the worst ever?
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In The Epic of Gilgamesh, how is the rhythm and sound of the poetry balanced with meaning?
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What is the significance of swans in Yeats's poetry?
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How did music inform James Joyce's use of language?
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What are examples of literary characters demonstrating low self-esteem and an unhealthy need for approval?
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Where can I find a list of publish dates for upcoming titles in 2016?
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This is from the first Literature proposal. – user58 Aug 3 '16 at 8:11
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How old is Earth according to The Urantia Book?
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Does Literature includes Paranormal books? [closed]
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closed as off topic by Hamlet, Dawny33, Chenmunka, James Jenkins, bleh Jan 31 '16 at 19:25

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.

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This would be a question for the meta site, not the main site. – Chenmunka Jan 26 '16 at 18:45
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Are channeled books counts as literature? [closed]
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closed as off topic by Hamlet, Dawny33, Chenmunka, James Jenkins, bleh Feb 1 '16 at 23:52

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.

What's a channeled book? – YviDe Dec 30 '15 at 10:47
channeled means inspired by beings out of this world through automatic writing, see: list of modern channelled texts, for example: The Urantia Book – kenorb Dec 30 '15 at 12:18
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This would be a question for the meta site, not the main site. – Chenmunka Jan 26 '16 at 18:48
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Which Macbeth character said these words: 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair.'?
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Downvoting for low research since this can be found by searching an electronic copy of Macbeth -- and there are copies online for free. – doppelgreener Sep 21 '16 at 13:43
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What is/was the nationality of Fyodor Dostoyevsky author?
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