Literary notes about Movement (AI summary)
The word "movement" in literature is a flexible term that spans both the physical and the metaphorical. It can describe subtle, bodily actions—like the gentle movement of lips in a moment of intimacy ([1]) or a slight twitch of muscles during speech ([2])—as well as more expansive shifts such as changes in emotional states or ideological tides ([3], [4]). In some texts, movement marks an individual's physical actions or gestures ([5], [6]), while in others it denotes the dynamic flow of social or intellectual forces driving historical or political change ([7], [8], [9]). Whether capturing an almost imperceptible shift in posture or the sweeping advance of collective will, "movement" operates as a powerful device to imbue scenes with rhythm, energy, and meaning.
- He listened eagerly, with receptive ears, lying on his back and looking up and joying in each movement of her lips as she talked.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London - You cannot think of saying "hello," without a slight movement of the muscles of speech.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - It is, probably, that, the residuum of which I have called a temporal sign; or, in other words, it is the movement of attention from a to b. "
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - The end of each movement was the accent of the rhythm, the movement ending abruptly and the growling rising with a jerk.
— from White Fang by Jack London - The movement she had made in rising appeared to be the one exertion of which she was capable.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - Presently he made such a sudden movement that I was paralyzed with fear.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - " A movement of assent passed through the Assembly.
— from The History of a Crime by Victor Hugo - We shall find this apparent paradox running all through the Illuminist movement to the present day.
— from Secret societies and subversive movements by Nesta Helen Webster - If the anti-slavery movement shall fail now, it will not be from outward opposition, but from inward decay.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
