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1:03 AM

Q: Mid-1990s novel about young programmer who gets into trouble in Dallas

Novel about a talented young computer programmer (maybe a child-protege..?) who makes a splash in the programming world and ends up moving to Dallas. I don’t really remember much of the plot, but I think he ends up getting in some trouble there because of Dallas’ “incomparable nightlife”. The “i...

story-identification

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Bookworm

10:41 AM

Q: Where did D. H. Lawrence say that (in his works) he is not concerned with character or personality?

Terry Eagleton's book How to Read Literature contains a chapter entitled "Character" which discusses various approaches toward "character" throughout the history of literature. One of the authors Eagleton briefly discusses is D. H. Lawrence: D. H. Lawrence declared he was not concerned with c...

quote-identification d-h-lawrence

Q: References from renaissance humanism

which I should do. They want me to define Renaissance humanism with certain references to the political and social atmosphere of the period.

history-of-literature

Tsundoku

11:22 AM

@Bookworm This looks off-topic, but I'm not using the close hammer right away, in order not to chase away the OP at first contact.

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Bookworm

1:53 PM

Q: What does Mr World represent in the American Gods book?

The American Gods Wikia site claims that Mr World is a personification of globalisation. That definitely seems to be true in the TV series (see the creepiest rant ever made about salsa), but in the books he seems a much more mysterious figure, IIRC never even seen "on stage" until near the very e...

character-analysis symbolism neil-gaiman american-gods

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Bookworm

4:42 PM

Q: What are some sayings similar to “As Above So Below”?

I am looking for philosophically deep sayings like "As Above So Below". Any help is appreciated.

symbolism

Rand al'Thor

5:06 PM

@Bookworm That seems very off-topic.

Napoleon Wilson

@Bookworm Two very avid users lately refraining from close-voting for fear of unilateral action starts to really show. ;-)

Rand al'Thor

5:45 PM

@NapoleonWilson If it encourages other 500+ rep users to step up their game, I call that a win. And we're always here to finish the process of closing if it becomes necessary, even if we aren't the ones starting it any more.

Tsundoku

If somebody's first question requires clarification, I have never been quick to cast a close vote but if something's blatantly off-topic, I'm less hesitant. (Last week, I deleted a question before the question feed picked it up. I believe it was spam.)

b_jonas

6:36 PM

@Tsundoku Oh, and “Kis virág” at the star of the lyrics isn't random, Koncz Zsuzsa has an epinomous earlier song.

Rand al'Thor

6:50 PM

Q: Where to ask questions about plays and musicals?

As there is no Theatre SE, I wonder where I should post questions about plays and musicals? I couldn't decide between Movies & TV or Music or even Literature. More specifically, in this case it would have been a question about the musical "Phantom of the Opera". Which is also a movie and a book e...