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Coruscation in literature is often employed as a vivid metaphor to depict sudden bursts of light or brilliance, whether literal or figurative. Authors use the term to evoke the physical dazzle of natural phenomena—from igniting political passions, where even a slight mention can spark controversy [1], to describing the luminous spectacle of celestial displays [2, 3, 4]. At other times, it illustrates the fleeting radiance of human emotion or intellectual insight, capturing moments when inner delight or genius momentarily flares into view [5, 6]. Occasionally, its use moves beyond visual imagery to suggest an explosion of creative energy or the transient nature of beauty, creating a dynamic interplay between light and meaning within the narrative [7, 8].
  1. 307 It marks the heated state of the political atmosphere, where even the lightest coruscation of a hated name made it burst into flames!
    — from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli
  2. "One," said Jerry, stepping out toward that blinding coruscation of heat.
    — from The Creature Inside by Jack Sharkey
  3. It is about one quarter as broad as the full moon, and our largest aperture reveals the faint coruscation of its crowded components.
    — from Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Garrett Putman Serviss
  4. In the heart of the rainbow … still no earth … but air and the coruscation of infinite colours—red and yellow and green and blue….
    — from The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Fergus Hume
  5. And what is a smile or a laugh except a coruscation of the Soul's delight, a light shot outwardly from that which shines within?
    — from The Banquet (Il Convito) by Dante Alighieri
  6. One more coruscation, my dear Watson—yet another brain-wave!
    — from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
  7. It was, in fact, the final coruscation of the Imperial fireworks, and, in the prosaic words of Lord Lyons, 'the ceremony went off extremely well.'
    — from Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 1 of 2 by Newton, Thomas Wodehouse Legh, Baron
  8. The stars and the fiery pen exploded in a wild coruscation of searing, blinding light and he plunged from his spiral into a black abyss.
    — from The Skylark of Space by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

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