Arts & Literature

Welcome To Arts & Literature where we try to answer questions of a scholarly nature.

If you are looking for information about books then head to Books & Authors. The Arts section covers all sorts of topics like theatre, exhibitions, paintings and much more.

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woodelf

The Stand

In which Book of and/or in which Chapter of The Stand by Stephen King, did Stu Redmond tell Franny about the time he worked at a gas station and a car pulled up driven by, so it turned out, by Jim...

rowanwitch

The sage and wanton where they cross...

I think that was the fiirst line ..... no luck googling... anyone know the writer of this poem

rubinaanwar

What does epiphany in literature means?

mischips

What school book is this story in?

It begins "Goodness, gratious, I`ve done it again!" said the gardening elf, looking very worried. Any teachers out there might remember it from the sixties. Thanks...

crisgal

the woman in white - wilkie collins

i have just read the woman in white, and have a question to anyone who's read it.

mollymalloy

a name of a celestial hammerer (4 letters)

Please does anyone know the name of a celestial hammerer?

daithebus

Famous Cartoonist

Which famous cartoonist's first job was drawing pictures for a barber?

tali1

Most valuable painting owned in Britain ?

What is the most valuable painting owned in Britain? - i don;t necessarily mean most expensive one purchased - but rather the one that has an estimated highest insurance value

shybutt3rfl95

am i too old for ballet?

hi there. I was in love with ballet since forever, but I was pretty uncoordinated and had some health issues so the doctors suggested I should take up swimming when I was about 9 . I practiced...

imyhoppy

Andy Warhol

Some interesting facts about this artist

sophie_1003

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Has anyone read the above book? If so, in the 'Slooshas crossin...' chapter -who do you think the Prescients were? Are they the same as the fabricants? -can you make out any reason why the devil...

gilliedhu

men keeping quiet concerning trees (6)

men keeping quiet concerning treet (6) m?s?e?

mindylou

First lines of novels

1) Which novel has the opening line: The jury was ready 2) Which novel has opening line : It was dusk when he came to the ferry...

mollykins

reverse dictionary

My nan has this reverse dictionary, but I never saw how it works. Aparantly, if you know the meaning of a word but can't remember what it is, you can some how look it up and it tells you the word, but...

ayao

On the webpage en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanzhai,

under the title "Origin", in the second paragraph, there is the sentence, "Historically, "shanzhai" is sometimes used as a metaphor to describe bandits who oppose and evade...

shivvy

Sa Marche or Sommage?

On cooking programmes when it shows chefs in professional kitchens I often hear them say something like "sommage". I would like to know what it means or translates to. A google search...

Duckers

Film Rights to Novels

I am an aspiring screenwriter and am interested in adapting a novel as a television script. It's a work that has been filmed before, back in the late 60s. I was wondering what the usual approach is: I...

bc7683023

Book sites where you can read books.

Is this legal? Is this not kind of like listening to music or watching videos without paying? Because surely if someone has uploaded a book than the Author will lose out as you don't need to purchase...

flobadob

Who is this artist?

We have a painting in the house which was here when we moved in. It shows a lake scene with two trees in the foreground and a little island in the middle of the lake and an old shed like a boatshed...