Literary notes about Reference (AI summary)
The term "reference" in literature functions as a multifaceted tool that links ideas, validates assertions, and deepens meaning. Sometimes it signals a direct citation or acknowledgment of an earlier work or source, as when a passage alludes to something significant with clear attribution ([1], [2]). In philosophical or analytical writings, it may indicate a conceptual or contextual connection that bolsters an argument, guiding readers to related thoughts or fuller explanations ([3], [4], [5]). In narrative or historical texts, authors use reference to pinpoint locations, recall prior events, or even to lend authenticity by citing tradition or documented fact ([6], [7]). Whether employed as a literal signpost or a metaphorical bridge, the varied usage of "reference" enriches communication and invites readers to explore interlinked layers of meaning ([8], [9], [10]).
- there is a very significant reference to it.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans-Wentz - “The ‘good glass,’ I knew, could have reference to nothing but a telescope; for the word ‘glass’ is rarely employed in any other sense by seamen.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe - Euphony and phonetic laws are principles governing language without any reference to its meaning; here speech is still a sort of music.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - I believe you will not go wrong if you give your confidence to analysis with reference to these factors.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - So the Sublime must always have reference to the disposition , i.e. to the maxims which furnish to the intellectual
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant - I took the address of that prison for future reference and then sauntered off.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - [404] The words “universal education” contain a reference to his fight for the common schools.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - The reader might often address the poet in his own words with reference to the persons introduced: "It seems, as I retrace the ballad line by line
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - This reference was supplied by H. Krebs in Notes and Queries 5th January 1895.] 85
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant - A humorous reference to the past was all she needed.
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
