Literary notes about Blueprint (AI summary)
The term "blueprint" in literary contexts often straddles the boundary between the literal and the metaphorical. It can denote an actual architectural drawing—evoking images of detailed plans or technical precision such as seen when a character peruses a floor design ([1],[2],[3])—or serve as a symbol for a comprehensive plan or vision. Many authors use it to signify innovative strategies or radical ideas, as in discussions of national agendas or even the genetic code of human life ([4],[5],[6],[7],[8]). In this way, "blueprint" becomes a powerful metaphor, linking the meticulous world of design and drafting to broader themes of order, transformation, and the unfolding of future possibilities ([9],[10]).
- He then handed her the photostatic copy of a blueprint of the ground floor of the Selim house, with a pencilled ring drawn around the bedroom.
— from Murder at Bridge by Anne Austin - He waved them around his desk and pointed to the blueprint on his desk.
— from The Space Pioneers by Carey Rockwell - Governor Hardy and the commander were studying a blueprint which was spread out on the desk.
— from The Space Pioneers by Carey Rockwell - But this document was the blueprint for the intellectual property regime of cyberspace.
— from The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle - A Society in which Everyone Farms Guarantees Our Future Above is the blueprint for the eradication of the cities that I gave in Chapter V.
— from Down with the Cities! by Tadashi Nakashima - This book, Mein Kampf , might be described as the blueprint of Nazi aggression.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 4 by Various - Scientists now are decoding the blueprint of human life.
— from U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses by United States. Presidents - Later this year, researchers will complete the first draft of the entire human genome--the very blueprint of life.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Bill Clinton - "If you were serious, I'd point out one minor flaw in your blueprint for adventure.
— from World in a Bottle by Allen Kim Lang - I see it as a vision for America, as a blueprint for our future.
— from State of the Union Addresses of Barack Obama, 2009-2016 by Barack Obama
