Literary notes about Prospectus (AI summary)
The term "prospectus" in literature is shown as a multifaceted document that serves various purposes—from outlining proposed advantages and remedies to acting as a call for engagement in debates and ventures. For instance, in Joyce’s Ulysses the prospectus is cited to claim specific benefits of a thaumaturgic remedy [1], while in political and social contexts, it appears as a formal proposal presented at conventions or meetings, as seen in both the History of Woman Suffrage and Mark Twain’s depiction in The Gilded Age [2][3]. Additionally, it functions as a practical tool for communication and record keeping, evident in works by Charlotte Brontë and Coleridge, where it is either used for translation assistance or as a personal proposal [4][5]. Its usage extends into the realms of historical documentation and even playful satire, ranging from cataloging alternative name forms in historical studies to the whimsical prospectus for a handbook of jesters [6][7][8][9]. This broad range of uses underscores the prospectus’s adaptability as both an instrument of serious discourse and creative literary expression.
- Quote the textual terms in which the prospectus claimed advantages for this thaumaturgic remedy.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce - At our last Convention in Worcester, I presented a prospectus for such a paper, which I will request hereafter to be read here.
— from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I - At length she interrupted the conversation by asking, “You’d sell the stock, I suppose, Mr. Bigler, to anybody who was attracted by the prospectus?”
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner - Her mother was going into town to call on some English family, who had applied for a prospectus: my services were needed as interpreter.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë - I presented my prospectus to him.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The prospectus itself cites from Machold’s History of the Scandinavians in Pennsylvania .
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - [pg 238] PROSPECTUS FOR A NEW HAND-BOOK OF JESTERS; OR, YOUNG JOKER’S BEST COMPANION.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton - 26 Cited from a prospectus of the Society issued in December, 1901, and kindly sent me by C. M. Machold of Philadelphia.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - Variant forms of the name Wassingatun are, as given in the prospectus, Wessington, Whessingtone, Wasengtone, Wassington and finally Washington.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom
