Literary notes about Analyst (AI summary)
The term "analyst" has been employed across a range of literary genres to denote a specialized role that combines technical skill with interpretative insight. In historical texts, such as Henry Scadding’s work, it denotes an individual skilled in compiling, indexing, and legal research [1]. Authors like Edgar Allan Poe expanded its use to imply an ability to deal with complexities that go “beyond the limits of mere rule” [2][3]. In the realm of psychoanalysis, Freud presents the analyst both as a figure whose intervention can be limited—illustrated by cases where patients arrive at insights independently—and as someone whose medical capacity has inherent constraints [4][5]. Meanwhile, in detective narratives like Agatha Christie’s, the analyst emerges as a crucial figure in the investigative process by providing structured reports [6][7]. Additionally, the recurring citations found in William H. Ukers's discussion of coffee (with dated excerpts from the late 19th and early 20th centuries) highlight the term’s use in technical documentation and systematic analysis [8][9][10][11][12][13].
- The author must have been an experienced compiler, analyst and legal index maker.
— from Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding - But it is in matters beyond the limits of mere rule that the skill of the analyst is evinced.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - But it is in matters beyond the limits of mere rule that the skill of the analyst is evinced.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe - The interpretation of the symptoms was discovered by the patient herself in one flash, without the suggestion or interference of the analyst.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - Of course, the analyst cannot do much for those who seek him in his medical capacity, and lay the woes of a lifetime before him in fifteen minutes.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - The analyst was asked by him to report whether strychnine was, or was not, present.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - Here is the analyst’s report.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - Analyst, 1884, IX: 42–44.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - [159] Analyst , 1902 (vol. xxvi: p. 116).
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - Analyst, 1882, VII: 159.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - Analyst, 1879, IV: 84.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - Analyst, 1880, V: 1–4.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - Analyst, 1902, XXVII: 114–116.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers