Literary notes about Radiant (AI summary)
Writers use radiant to evoke both tangible brilliance and an inner luminescence that infuses characters and settings with a sense of divinity or emotional warmth. In some works, it describes physical brightness—a palace, a dawn, or a celestial orb casting light upon everything in its path—as seen when an altar is celebrated for its resplendence [1] or the rising sun heralds a new day [2, 3]. In other narratives, the word marks the inner glow of joy, transformation, or heroic vigor; characters are described as radiant when overwhelmed by delight or honor [4, 5, 6]. This versatile term, therefore, bridges the gap between the external and internal, underscoring moments of both sublime natural beauty and the profound light of the human spirit [7, 6].
- “Radiant and resplendent is the altar, wide is the great door, the air is the vehicle of the holy and divine words that will spring from my mouth!
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal - So passed in pleasing dialogue away The night; then down to short repose they lay; Till radiant rose the messenger of day.
— from The Odyssey by Homer - The radiant orb cleared the eastern horizon.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - He encountered that face radiant as a seraph’s; those dark eyes flashing with the inspiration of the martyr.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli - “I will marry in the simplest, most ordinary way and be radiant with happiness.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Thus radiant in his glory showed King Ráma as he homeward rode, In power and might unparalleled.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki - A sudden Star, it shot thro' liquid air, And drew behind a radiant trail of hair.
— from The Rape of the Lock, and Other Poems by Alexander Pope