New posts in literature

What is the meaning of the verb "step across"? [closed]

What does spite mean in "spite of despondence" in the poem Endymion by John Keats?

What’s the history of the adjective “dwarven”?

What does "the apricot and black humid evening" mean? [closed]

What do you call the word used in prose to describe the surroundings to make prose richer?

What is a railway-share?

Meaning of "native bottoms" in Thoreau's Walden

Is it correct to say "there be..."?

What does the initial fragment of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy mean?

What does "noon hour" mean?

Why is there a space in the bowdlerised "L– ." in Jane Eyre?

What is an "aglet-baby" exactly?

The meaning and usage of ‘stiffs’ in “Of Mice and Men”

Is there a literary term which refers to works of art which include false statements or implications about the reality outside of the text?

What does "klioklio" mean? [closed]

“Open sesame”: how widely understood is it, and how else to put it?

What's the meaning of "steal" in There Is A Pleasure In The Pathless Woods? [closed]

Word for “place of power”

what does "glancing about him for support" mean? [closed]

What is the meaning of the word "connection" in: "Shortly after my marriage I had bought a connection in the Paddington district."