Literary Quicks
Welcome literature lovers! Your books and authors Quick Questions answered right here.
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Was Aesop a real person and did he actually write the fables?
Kindly answered by Rima Sen. Rima is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in literature at the University of Oxford.
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How did Shakespeare's journey to India differ from Japan and Asia?
Kindly answered by Rima Sen. Rima is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in literature at the University of Oxford.
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What are the hallmarks of a Shakespeare tragedy?
Kindly answered by Rima Sen. Rima is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in literature at the University of Oxford.
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Who was Karl Marx?
Kindly answered by Dr Saul Yardley. Saul is a military historian and PhD graduate from the University of Cambridge.
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Who was Rene Descartes?
Kindly answered by Dr Saul Yardley. Saul is a historian and PhD graduate from the University of Cambridge.
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Why is the Lord of the Flies such a significant novel?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford.
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Who was William Golding?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford.
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Who was Virginia Woolf?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford.
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Who was Sylvia Plath?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford.
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Who was John Fowles?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford.
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Who was Iris Murdoch?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford.
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Who was George Orwell?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford.
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Who was DH Lawrence?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford.
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What is the stream of consciousness?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford.
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What is meant by the term war poets?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford.
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What is meant by the term Gothic fiction?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford.
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What is a first edition print?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford.
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What are semi autobiographical works
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford's Faculty of English.
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What is textual criticism?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford's Faculty of English.
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Why is Shakespeare so popular in India?
Kindly answered by Rima Sen. Rima is a doctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Oxford.
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Why did Jane Austen publish anonymously?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford's Faculty of English.
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What is meant by classical literature?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford's Faculty of English.
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What is a novella?
Kindly answered by James Bowen. James is a DPhil Candidate and teacher at the University of Oxford's Faculty of English.
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What exactly is an Aesopic fable?
Kindly answered by Rima Sen. Rima is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in literature at the University of Oxford.