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Literary notes about Entry (AI summary)

In literature, “entry” functions both as a marker of physical passage and as a metaphor for beginnings or recorded moments. It is employed to denote literal doorways or thresholds, whether describing a character’s sudden departure from a building [1] or the ceremonial, triumphant arrival into a city [2]. At the same time, “entry” frequently appears in the context of documentation or indexing—as a diary record or a listed designation in a reference work [3][4]—linking the act of noting events to the idea of initiating new phases. Moreover, in more formal or public settings it connotes pivotal acts of arrival that herald significant changes within a narrative [5], underscoring its versatility in both physical and symbolic roles throughout literary works.
  1. She blew him a kiss and ran out of the entry, leaving behind her the same sickly smell of jasmine.
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  2. 23 The Turkish sultan embarked on the Tigris, landed at the gate of Racca, and made his public entry on horseback.
    — from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
  3. Page 300 —Wooley amended to Wolley, and entry moved to correct place in index—"Wolley, Mrs. Hannah, writer, ℞ 52 "
    — from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius
  4. In one of his memorandum-books in my possession, is the following entry:—'January 20, Sunday.
    — from Boswell's Life of Johnson by James Boswell
  5. This positive act of sovereignty was often accompanied by another class of ceremonies, called joyous entry , or public entry.
    — from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

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