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Literary notes about Review (AI summary)

The term "review" is employed in literature in a variety of ways, reflecting both evaluative and descriptive functions. In some works it denotes a formal critique or appraisal, as when a writer contributes a critical assessment or commentary on literary editions or scholarly subjects [1, 2]. In other contexts, the word serves as a method of summarizing or reexamining a body of work or series of events, such as a careful reappraisal of military operations or an account of administrative decisions [3, 4, 5, 6]. Additionally, "review" appears in instructional settings, indicating a systematic revisiting of studied material, like in grammar lessons or contextual recaps [7, 8, 9]. This multifaceted usage underscores the word's integral role in organizing thought, critique, and the presentation of information across genres.
  1. The first fruits of Yule's Polo studies took the form of a review of Pauthier's edition of Marco Polo , contributed to the Quarterly Review in 1868.
    — from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano
  2. Not long ago an American Review of high standing asked me for an article on the Censorship of the English stage.
    — from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw
  3. This broke up the review, and the question was referred to Washington for final decision.
    — from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant
  4. He had concluded to review his army before starting on the march and gave orders accordingly.
    — from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant
  5. Colonel Twiggs was then second in rank with the army, and to him was given the command of the review.
    — from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant
  6. —He left here to review Davoust's corps on the field of Austerlitz.
    — from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I
  7. Page 100 GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON XIX Interrogatives.--Relative que in emphatic inversions.-- Penser à; penser de.
    — from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
  8. GRAMMAR REVIEW.-LESSON XVII Demonstrative pronouns.
    — from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
  9. Page 30 GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON VI Comparison of adjectives and adverbs.-- Than in comparison.
    — from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

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