Literary notes about WARMTH (AI summary)
In literature, warmth is a versatile device that conveys both tangible heat and the glow of emotional intimacy. It often appears as a physical comfort—whether in the gentle radiance of a spring day or the snug refuge of a home ([1], [2], [3])—while simultaneously serving as a metaphor for care and passion, as when sentiments and tender expressions are described with an almost palpable generosity ([4], [5], [6]). Authors also use warmth to contrast moods or emphasize transformation: it can bridge the gap between isolation and connection, healing coldness with intimate affection or even reviving spirits in the face of adversity ([7], [8], [9]). This multifaceted employment of warmth enriches narrative textures and deepens the reader's emotional engagement across genres ([10], [11]).
- "The pleasant showers and genial warmth of spring greatly altered the aspect of the earth.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 2. The country is now showing symptoms of greenness and warmth.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge - It was full of the fragrance of new bread and the warmth of a generous fire.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë - My darling, be more bold: I'll clasp thee, soon, with warmth a thousand-fold; But follow now!
— from Faust [part 1]. Translated Into English in the Original Metres by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - He spoke of the pension with more warmth than, upon such a subject, I should have expected from a philosopher.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - 'I only mention it,' said R. W. in the warmth of his heart, 'as a proof of the amiable, delicate, and considerate affection of my daughter Bella.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - There was a feeling of warmth; it was comforting!
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.
— from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Though the icy Himalayan night was descending, a comforting warmth, an inner radiation, began to pulsate in every cell of my body.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - What could more delightfully prove that the warmth of her heart was equal to its gentleness?
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - Forever deprived of the vivifying warmth of the sun, they were vapid and colorless.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
