Literary notes about bracket (AI summary)
The term "bracket" appears in literature with a range of meanings that enrich both the narrative and technical discourse. In some works, it denotes a physical fixture—a support for lamps, shelves, or other objects—that anchors characters in vividly described settings ([1], [2], [3]), while in others it demarcates textual information or alters sentence structure, as when a writer encloses specific words or clarifies grammatical roles ([4], [5], [6]). Additionally, the term is sometimes extended metaphorically to group ideas or personalities together, lending an abstract sense of pairing or comparison that reflects on relationships within the narrative ([7], [8]).
- For a long time he gazed upward at it, and then in an attempt to get nearer to it he rested his knee upon a wooden bracket on the wall.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - At the head of the stairway hung a lamp with a dirty chimney that was fastened by a bracket to the wall.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson - The wall was bare and weather-stained; but a silver lamp, burning perfumed oil, was fixed against its surface on a bracket of common deal.
— from The Gladiators. A Tale of Rome and Judæa by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville - In this DP transcription, a new right bracket “ }” is inserted to enclose the words of the two lines as printed.
— from Awdeley's Fraternitye of Vacabondes, Harman's Caueat, Haben's Sermon, &c. by Harman, Thomas, active 1567 - Underline PREMEBANT , clearly the principal verb, and bracket cum to conversa esset .
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce - The bracket [ ] indicates that the word or words included in the bracket are not in the original discourse.
— from Plain English by Marian Wharton - It is quite justifiable to bracket the Christian and the Anarchist together: their object, their instinct, is concerned only with destruction.
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist by Nietzsche - It would have been more correct to bracket the name of Juliette Drouet with that of the poet, for after all it was not he who lived there, but she.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo by Juliette Drouet and Louis Guimbaud
