Literary notes about boundary (AI summary)
The term "boundary" in literature is richly versatile, used to denote both concrete divisions and abstract limits. It often marks physical separations, such as the lake dividing Swedes and Goths ([1]), the fence defining a park’s edge ([2]), or a river delineating territories ([3], [4]), thereby grounding narratives in tangible geography. At the same time, authors extend its meaning to the conceptual realm, illustrating the elusive line between contrasting ideas—like honest and dishonest behavior ([5]), or the threshold separating life from death ([6]). This dual usage challenges readers to rethink boundaries not only as fixed barriers but also as dynamic limits that invite scrutiny of both the physical and moral landscapes ([7], [8], [9]).
- Th. considers the "wide water" here as the Mälar lake, the boundary between Swedes and Goths.
— from I. Beówulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment. - The paling of Rosings Park was their boundary on one side.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - A few stones marked the boundary between Nepal and Sikkim, where I halted for half an hour, and hung up my instruments: the temperature was 32°.
— from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll - There also the river Thyamis flows, forming the boundary between Thesprotis and Kestrine; and between these rivers rises the point of Chimerium.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides - What is instructive in all these facts is the indefiniteness of the boundary between honesty and dishonesty, even in the most petty cases.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross - The poor victim, who on the morrow was to pass the awful boundary between life and death, felt not, as I did, such deep and bitter agony.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 2. To trace the exact boundary between rightful and wrongful resistance is impossible.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge - Of course there is no sharp boundary between imaginative ideas and sense-perception, etc.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross - My realm—what realm hath wider boundary?
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
