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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.
What was the name of the Victorian clergyman who 'cleaned up' Longfellow's poem, The Wreck of the Hesperus...replacing such offensive words as 'bull' with the more acceptable 'gentleman cow' ?
Does anyone know what book opens with 'I am obliged to begin this story with a brief account of the Hampton family'
Please tell me what I heard today is wrong- that little Jimmy Krankie isnt really a cheeky wee Glaswegian schoolboy, but a 69 year old granny! The Krankies are the finest comedy duo Scotland has...
whats your favorite book and why?
in which one of dick francis novels is bimmo bognor a character
In of Mice and Men, what does Carlson really do? I haev my mock GCSE's when we go back to school and i missed quite a lot of school because I was in hospital and have never really understood this. Any...
which provincial city, home to a 400 foot long painting of a historic victory over the Russians, became easier to reach this year, but no easier to pronounce?
when you parenthetical citate a website do you include a page number? for example one site: http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/baypigs/pigs.htm has seperate sections so how do we cite it? say we...
Can you tell me which painting shows a robed man with something on the floor in front of him. When this painting is viewed from the extreme side the object turns into a skull?
Can anybody recommend any Japanese authors other than Banana Yoshimoto and Murakami? I've just picked up Strangers by Taichi Yamada and want to try Tanizaki too.
I'm an avid reader but not one for following trends and dashing out to get whatever everyone else is reading (Da Vinci code etc) But I've been looking at Audrey Niffenegger's Time Traveller's Wife -...
Hi, when i was at school i used to read a fiction book all the time about a dog who was the spirit of Sirius the dog star. I'd like to buy the book but i'm not sure if this is the title and i don't...
I am part way through writing a book and have no idea on where to start when it comes to publishers. Is there a list of decent publishers (on a website or something) who i can send the finished...
narrator of kidnappedn
Hi All, Myself and a friend are considering writing a book in the new year and we want to hear your mad off the wall ideas (or sane ideas) to gives us a starting platform! So come on - Give us any...
Which Brit is First Lady Laura Bush's favourite author?
Which novel is the source of the saying 'Don't count your chickens before they're hatched'?
2005 Which museum won the Guggenheim Prize for Museum of the Year?
Which novelist said the following about his most famous creation? A dashing dearedevil, imperturbable, debonair, preposterously handsome, a pirate or a philanthropist as the occasion demands'.
I write stories and scripts, but find it hard to get in the mood to write. I have loads of ideas, premises, characters etc, but the effort of organising the story sometimes escapes me. I often will...
