Literary notes about Rapport (AI summary)
In literary discourse, the term "rapport" is employed with remarkable versatility, functioning both as a descriptor for formal documents and as an indicator of deep interpersonal or even cosmic connection. It is used in administrative and historical texts to denote official reports or detailed accounts, as seen where it refers to a written record or statement [1] and in the context of governmental commission reports [2]. At the same time, literary and sociological works imbue the word with a more abstract, intimate quality, describing the natural, almost ineffable affinity or connection between individuals or even between man and the universe, as observed in discussions of hypnosis, social coordination, and emotional resonance [3], [4], [5] and further extended to the notion of being in harmony with one’s surroundings [6].
- ( Extrait d'un Rapport de M. Deslons, Choiseul, p. 164-7. )
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle - Rapport du Captaine des Canonniers, Rapport du Commandant, &c. Ibid.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle - Rapport : in the crowd, 893 -94; in hypnotism, 345 ; in imitation, 344 ; in suggestion, 345 .
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - It lay in the nature of his genius to prove all things, and it lay in his temperament to seek rapport with all sorts of men.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858
A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various - Certain music from wondrous voices or skilful players—then poetic glints still more—put the soul in rapport with death, or toward it.
— from Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman - From the whole dome shot down points of light, rapport with me, through the clear blue-black.
— from Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman