Literary notes about Recall (AI summary)
The term "recall" in literature serves many functions, often emphasizing the act of retrieving memories, summoning duty, or even enacting a formal command. In some works, it is employed to denote an internal call to action or remembrance of past responsibilities, as when a character is reminded of their duty ([1], [2]). It can also depict the subtle process of memory—where details, impressions, or even a person become elusive yet persist in lingering consciousness ([3], [4], [5]). At times, recall assumes a political or historical cadence, evoking images of public scrutiny or the weight of bygone events ([6], [7]). Whether invoked to highlight nostalgia, serve as a mnemonic device, or conclude a narrative reflection, "recall" orchestrates a dialogue between the self and the past, weaving personal and collective memory into the fabric of the text ([8], [9]).
- “But your words recall me to my own duty.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper - I wish also to recall to memory an instance from the Old Testament applicable to this subject.
— from The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli - It surprises me to find that I can recall it, for it seemed to make no impression on me as it passed.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens - He tried to recall her appearance but could not.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - H’m—I—my memory faileth to recall the name.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - Let him recall to his mind the capitalists who have been held up to public scorn in the Jew-controlled press
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous - the English government, it is said, making his recall an absolute condition of continued peace.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. Mahan - Afterwards, as a child, I spent long hours trying, even with tears, to recall the form of that happiness.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells - D’Artagnan tried to recall his remembrances.
— from Twenty years after by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
