Questions specifically about the titles of literary works: their meaning, purpose, reception, significance, etc. Do not use to ask for the title of a work you partially remember; use [identification-request] instead
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Common practice for references to oeuvres with multiple titles
Many historical oeuvres are known by multiple names and/or multiple variations
of each name. For example:
The title of Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur was originally written as
Le morte Darthur, inaccurate Middle French for The Death of…
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Why do authors and publishers allow inscrutable titles?
I’m thinking of books such as Consider Phlebas by Banks. The book was big in sci-fi and launched a ten-book series, but you would never know what the heck the title is about. How is that allowed to happen and was the author just lucky to be…
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