Timeline for The Yellow Wallpaper - What does *Smooch* mean?
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| Oct 9, 2021 at 19:23 | answer | added | Gerry Del Guercio | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 17, 2015 at 7:53 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/567592576539451393 | ||
| Feb 7, 2015 at 10:52 | comment | added | CoolHandLouis | Please note I provided the edit only after (1) my belief that pravnav was asking for more than denotation and connotation was confirmed when he did ask for more after being given the denotation and connotation, (2) pravnav selected my answer as correct and (3) pravnav reposted the question to writers.se. I didn't forsee any of that, but after that my edit just seemed the sensible thing to do, to provide stackexchange with a canonical question/answer. I can confirm my belief when he reviews my answer to his literary criticism question. | |
| S Feb 7, 2015 at 9:45 | history | suggested | CoolHandLouis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
I've rewritten the question to avoid it being closed based on the following: (1) the original question was offtopic, (2) there's a good answer on the historical definition, (3) that answer was selected by OP, and (4) the OP reposted the question to writers.se.
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| Feb 7, 2015 at 9:27 | comment | added | Roaring Fish | His question is "What does it symbolize , if at all ?" He is asking for connotative meaning. That is not literary criticism, and a reasonable request as the denotative meaning can be easily found by looking in a good dictionary. I have rejected your edit, btw, as reframing the question to better fit your own answer is a conflict with the original intent of the question. | |
| Feb 7, 2015 at 9:23 | comment | added | CoolHandLouis | @RoaringFish, pravnav wasn't asking about the meaning of an unfamiliar word. pravnav wants to know if the author "meant anything significant by the word smooch", even after being given an account of historical denotations and connotations of the word. | |
| Feb 7, 2015 at 9:01 | comment | added | CoolHandLouis | I've provided an edit, reframing the question based on the following: (1) original question was LitCrit, (2) there's a good answer on the historical definition, (3) that answer was selected by OP, and (4) the OP reposted the original question to writers.se. I think that providing an answer to any possible intention for symbolism by the author in using the word smooch is LitCrit. And even if one were to attempt such an answer, it would require a good historical definition in the first place. | |
| Feb 7, 2015 at 8:42 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Feb 7, 2015 at 7:53 | comment | added | Roaring Fish | The OP is asking about an unfamiliar word. How is it literary criticism? | |
| Feb 7, 2015 at 7:24 | vote | accept | pranav | ||
| Feb 7, 2015 at 6:22 | comment | added | CoolHandLouis | It's certainly unanswerable as worded. But I do believe my answer provides an interesting and definitive answer to "What's the definition of smooch as used in this short story?" Can we save the question by changing to fit the answer? | |
| Feb 7, 2015 at 5:50 | answer | added | CoolHandLouis | timeline score: 10 | |
| Feb 7, 2015 at 5:19 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Feb 7, 2015 at 5:06 | comment | added | ScotM | Literary criticism? See english.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic | |
| Feb 7, 2015 at 4:55 | history | edited | pranav |
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| Feb 7, 2015 at 4:52 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 7, 2015 at 4:50 | history | asked | pranav | CC BY-SA 3.0 |