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The term "resurrection" in literature has been used with rich and varied connotations, often transcending its literal religious meaning to symbolize broader themes of renewal and transformation. Many authors draw on its biblical roots to denote the miraculous return to life of Christ and the promise of eternal hope ([1], [2], [3]), while others invoke resurrection in the context of ancient rituals and mythologies, such as the seasonal rebirth of deities like Attis or the symbolic revival of nature ([4], [5], [6]). In addition, the motif of resurrection serves as a powerful metaphor for personal reinvention, social or political rebirth, and even the reawakening of cultural identity, as seen in works that blend spiritual and worldly transformations ([7], [8], [9]). Thus, resurrection emerges as a versatile literary device—one that encapsulates both the profound mystery of life after death and the enduring human aspiration for regeneration.
  1. So Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were alive by promise, then, when Christ spake; but are not actually till the Resurrection.
    — from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
  2. “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in Me though he were dead, yet shall he live.
    — from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  3. Both proclaimed, "I am the Resurrection.
    — from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
  4. But of this revival or resurrection of the god we shall have more to say anon.
    — from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer
  5. Such, then, appears to have been the annual solemnisation of the death and resurrection of Attis in spring.
    — from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer
  6. The burial and resurrection of the Carnival is probably another way of expressing the same idea.
    — from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer
  7. They were both pale and thin; but those sick pale faces were bright with the dawn of a new future, of a full resurrection into a new life.
    — from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  8. But to return: This that Knox did for his Nation, I say, we may really call a resurrection as from death.
    — from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
  9. THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS MARY MAGDALENE
    — from The Doré Bible Gallery, Complete

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