Literary notes about Tactile (AI summary)
In literature, the term "tactile" is deployed to evoke both literal and metaphorical sensations, enriching descriptions and deepening the reader's engagement with physicality and memory. Authors use it to denote the direct physical experience of touch—as in accounts where diminished sensitivity or neurological nuances are emphasized ([1], [2])—while also employing it to create vivid, textured imagery that appeals to the reader’s sense of immediacy ([3]). Moreover, "tactile" frequently serves as a bridge between sensory perception and cognitive recall, lending a palpable quality to memories and artistic renderings ([4], [5]). This multifaceted use underscores how the tangible sense of touch can resonate on both a physical and symbolic level in literary expression.
- His tactile sensibility was permanently diminished on the right side.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - Optical aphasias and motor and tactile disturbances all result from its injury, especially when that is on the left side.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - She vomited before she got the lid up and the colors looked like the hard, tactile brushstrokes of thick orange palpable paint of a Van Gogh.
— from Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven David Justin Sills - There is, I am told, tactile memory as well as visual and aural memory.
— from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller - We remember that to realise form we must give tactile values to retinal sensations.
— from The Florentine Painters of the RenaissanceWith An Index To Their Works by Bernard Berenson
