Literary notes about diatribe (AI summary)
In literature, the term diatribe is often used to denote an extended, forceful criticism or rant that can be both passionately personal and politically charged. Its usage spans from the classical and scholarly—such as in polemical discourses on theology and philosophy [1, 2]—to more conversational, emotionally charged expositions that reveal character traits or social commentary [3, 4]. Authors employ diatribe not only as a method to denounce or satirize contemporary issues and figures [5, 6] but also as a structured literary device that underscores the intensity of argument or disdain, thereby enriching the text with layers of rhetorical complexity [7, 8].
- At the head of the German Humanists, Mutian, now an old man, welcomed the defence of free-will embodied in the “ Diatribe .”
— from Luther, vol. 2 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar - Luther waited a full year before replying to the Diatribe.
— from Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam by Ephraim Emerton - " He paused, flushed by his diatribe, and fixing on her a look in which resentment was the ingredient she least disliked.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton - Peter stopped with a shock of surprise, then listened to the whole diatribe with a rising sense of irritation and irony.
— from BirthrightA Novel by T. S. (Thomas Sigismund) Stribling - The Wagner diatribe and “The Twilight of the Idols” were published immediately, but “The Antichrist” did not get into type until 1895.
— from The Antichrist by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - A few years later I took my revenge by writing a diatribe against presentiments.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - Presently he picked up the thread of his diatribe.
— from The Drums of Jeopardy by Harold MacGrath - [Pg 707] Claire was not able to forget the intense desire which, she now realized, had prompted her terrible diatribe.
— from Claire: The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, by a Blind Author by Leslie Burton Blades
