Literary notes about NOSTALGIC (AI summary)
The term "nostalgic" in literature often conveys a tender, wistful yearning for what has been lost or left behind, imbuing scenes and characters with a deeply personal sense of time and memory. It is used to evoke the sensory details of the past—whether it’s the warm, homey aroma of bread in a kitchen [1] or the evocative, melancholy strains of music that transport one back to bygone days [2]—and even to shape moods that blend longing with the immediacy of the present [3]. Authors deploy the word to describe both tangible settings, like landscapes illuminated by a half-globe of seas and clouds that feel imbued with ancient beauty [4], and emotional states where characters experience an inner pull toward memories that define their identities or lost comforts [5]. The versatility of "nostalgic" allows it to encapsulate reflective reminiscence as well as bittersweet reflection, thereby enriching narratives with layers of temporal and emotional complexity [6][7].
- At eleven o'clock, he returned to the Dawes residence, and found Mom in the kitchen, surrounded by the warm nostalgic odor of home-baked bread.
— from Dream Town by Henry Slesar - The second movement ( Canzonetta: Andante , 3-4) starts with the muted solo violin chanting, after a brief preface, a nostalgic theme in G minor.
— from Tschaikowsky and His Orchestral Music by Louis Leopold Biancolli - And so I cleave to the present tense—the nostalgic present, as grammarians might call it.
— from And Even Now by Beerbohm, Max, Sir - But the Earth shone forth, a half-globe of seas and clouds and continents, vast and nostalgic in the sky.
— from Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster - Grandfather was an Earthman and he used to get nostalgic for the homeworld.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - With a nostalgic pang in the pit of his stomach he suddenly realized that he could not do so.
— from Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930 - Probos Five recalled his five minds from their nostalgic reverie and gazed at the contour of the Earth that was rushing up to meet him.
— from Solar Stiff by Chas. A. Stopher
