Literary notes about bastion (AI summary)
The term "bastion" carries both literal and metaphorical weight in literature, often evoking images of rugged fortifications and impregnable defense as well as symbolizing steadfast ideals. In many narratives, it appears as a physical stronghold—a concrete element of military architecture where battles are fiercely fought and strategic maneuvers are made ([1], [2], [3], [4]). At the same time, authors employ the word to convey abstract notions of resilience and protective power, as when an economic system or a set of values is described as a bastion, emblematic of its enduring strength ([5], [6], [7]). This dual usage enriches the literary landscape, allowing "bastion" to function as both a tangible setting for conflict and a metaphor for security and perseverance.
- Arrived at the foot of the bastion, there were still more than a dozen of the enemy.
— from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - We are going, in order to win it, to remain an hour in the bastion.
— from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - Here at least,” said Athos, pointing to the bastion, “they will not come and disturb us.”
— from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - They arrived thus, screened by the lining of the trench, till they came within a hundred paces of the bastion.
— from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - The Norwegian economy is a prosperous bastion of welfare capitalism, featuring a combination of free market activity and government intervention.
— from The 2006 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency - Mr. Wilcox, uncivilised, continued to feel anger long after he had rebuilt his defences, and was again presenting a bastion to the world.
— from Howards End by E. M. Forster - He may exhaust scepticism and withdraw into the citadel of immediate feeling, yielding bastion after bastion to the assaults of doubt.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana
