Literary notes about V (AI summary)
The letter “v” in literature is a versatile tool that appears in various contexts and genres. It often functions as an abbreviation or marker, such as indicating a volume or section—as seen in titles like “V. OF RELATIONS” [1] or guiding readers to specific parts of a work, like the act numbers in Shakespeare’s plays [2, 3]. In legal writings and academic citations, “v” also serves to denote divisions or oppositional parties, for example in case citations such as “Byrne v. Boadle” [4] and “Bayntine v. Sharp” [5]. Moreover, editors and scholars use “V ARIANT” [6, 7] to signal textual variants or alternative readings, while even in more playful contexts, as in Dickens’ inquiry about the letter itself [8], “v” highlights issues of spelling and orthography. This multiplicity of uses—from volume indicators and legal shorthand to variant markers and linguistic curiosities—demonstrates the rich, flexible role of “v” across literary genres.
- V. OF RELATIONS.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume - Scene V. Juliet's chamber.
— from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - V.8
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare - 125/2 Byrne v. Boadle, 2 H. & C. 722.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes - Bayntine v. Sharp, 1 Lutw. 90; Smith v. Pelah, 2 Strange, 264; May v. Burdett, 9 Q.B. 101; Card v. Case, 5 C.B. 622.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes - V ARIANT : Haga Vd.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson - V ARIANT : A derecha e izquierda.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson - ‘Do you spell it with a “V” or a “W”?’ inquired the judge.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
