Literary notes about forthcoming (AI summary)
In literature, "forthcoming" is often employed to indicate that something—be it an event, response, or piece of information—is expected or anticipated, while it can also highlight its absence. For instance, in one work the term underscores that a vital text may never appear [1], and in another it emphasizes that the expected support did not materialize [2]. The word equally functions to build anticipation, as when a sequel or report is hinted at as forthcoming [3, 4], and it is used to stress an unmet need or delayed response, such as when help or an answer is not provided in time [5, 6]. Thus, authors use "forthcoming" both to look forward to what is about to be offered and to comment on what is lacking.
- No original, it is said, has yet been found for Book vii., and it is possible that none will ever be forthcoming for chap.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory - Especially as father says the money isn't forthcoming as it used to be.”
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald - In this, eight years and a half after the First Part of “Don Quixote” had appeared, we get the first hint of a forthcoming Second Part.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - " He accompanied her up the hill, explaining to her the details of his forthcoming tenure of the other farm.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy - He inquired the cause, but for some time no answer was forthcoming.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang - On such a matter precise evidence is naturally not forthcoming; but all probability is against the sceptical view.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod
