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AncientSwordRage

01:38

@Tsundoku to me it will always be Asynchronous JavaScript And XML

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bobble

06:53

@Spagirl I just got back from being out with friends all night and I'm about it sleep, so no edits from me till morning. Also, since I was rather hoping for someone with access to the original text, I wasn't sure how much context I really needed. I'm pretty sure I'm going to regret that last sentence in the morning. Anyways.

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Spagirl

10:45

@bobble @bobble No worries, it's probably unlikely I would have a go at answering, it was really more the case that it piqued my curiosity!

@Randal'Thor I've not read anything of Morpurgo's I don't think, at least not since my nephews were much younger. I struggle to find time for very much reading just now, but perhaps I'll stick that one on my audible wish list and nab it next time it is in a 2 for 1 sale. (I'm stingy with my credits on short books, I like a lot of listening hours for my buck!)

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Bookworm

14:50

Q: Why is Dr Beeber afraid of being forgiven in Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Dr Beeber"?

At the end of Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story "Dr Beeber", the titular character says this: 'I believe in all superstitions.' 'You're right. Rationalism is the worst disease of the human species. Reason will reverse evolution. Homo sapiens will become so clever that he won't know how to bree...

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bobble

16:49

@Bookworm character-analysis?

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Bookworm

19:03

Q: What does it mean when the chorus speaks "severally" in "Aias"?

I am reading James Scully's translation of Aias (also known as Ajax), in The Complete Plays of Sophocles, translated by Robert Bagg & James Scully. Eleven different times, per the search function of my ebook, the chorus speaks "(severally)". For example, here is the first: CHORUS (severally) Lou...

terminology greek-literature sophocles ajax

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Gareth Rees

21:52

"Here is Lydgate—a man of vast industry, endowed with nearly all the older culture of his time, a man of wits and wit, educated at the most famous universities abroad as well as at home, nay, a man who has some faint flashes of actual poetry now and then,—and he cannot be trusted to write three decent lines running" — George Saintsbury, A History of English Prosody

Bookworm

Q: What is the oldest preserved stage direction?

A recent answer from Gareth Rees mentioned that: If Classical Greek drama ever had stage directions, our manuscript sources do not preserve them Which made me wonder: what is the oldest stage direction for a play that still survives? (Related: Did Shakespeare write his own stage directions? [th...