Literary notes about Conflagration (AI summary)
The term "conflagration" is wielded in literature as a potent image of both physical and metaphorical fires, symbolizing everything from literal destruction to the burning intensity of emotion and revolution. In historical and epic narratives, it often describes vast, uncontrollable blazes that consume cities, armies, and even entire worlds, as noted in the portrayal of monumental infernos and divine wrath ([1], [2], [3]). At the same time, writers use it to evoke a more symbolic, transformative energy—suggesting the passionate surge of human spirit, the spark of rebellion, or the sudden uprising of creative fervor ([4], [5]). Even when linked to imagery as delicate as the interplay of light at dawn, the word retains its dramatic power and multifaceted significance ([6]).
- It finally ended in the conflagration of the great religious fortress at Osaka, and the retreat of the monks to another part of the country.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis - Not with more rage a conflagration rolls, Wraps the vast mountains, and involves the poles.
— from The Iliad by Homer - The sack and conflagration of Seleucia, with the massacre of three hundred thousand of the inhabitants, tarnished the glory of the Roman triumph.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - After a moment of quiet rapture, a spark lighted up in our veins a fresh conflagration which we drowned in a sea of new delights.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - Their tongues were unloosed; a conflagration of grins, oaths, and songs exploded.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - A conflagration can create an aurora, no doubt, but why not await the dawn?
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
