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Literary notes about furor (AI summary)

In literature, furor is employed to evoke a sense of overwhelming passion or chaos, whether on a grand public scale or within the intimate landscapes of the human psyche. Authors use it to describe the clamor of conflict and excitement, as seen in scenes of political and social upheaval ([1], [2]), as well as in moments of personal or literary frenzy that border on mythic intensity ([3], [4]). At times furor conveys not only raw, almost uncontrollable rage, but also the exhilarating energy of creative or revolutionary spirit ([5], [6]), making it a richly versatile term that captures both external tumult and inner ecstasy.
  1. The air service boys could not remain quietly at the villa while all that furor was going on.
    — from Air Service Boys Over the Enemy's Lines; Or, The German Spy's Secret by Charles Amory Beach
  2. With the election of John Quincy Adams, the State was in a blaze and politics a furor.
    — from The Memories of Fifty YearsContaining Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by W. H. (William Henry) Sparks
  3. Mestre-de-Camp blusters, with profane swearing, in mixed terror and furor; National Guards look this way and that, not knowing what to do.
    — from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
  4. On the base of this work, which is now in Madrid, are these words: CÆSARIS VIRTUTE FUROR DOMITUS.
    — from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 09 (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings by Giorgio Vasari
  5. They say, my lords, Ira furor brevis est; but yond man is ever angry.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  6. The people of the American States are notorious for their worship of wealth, just in proportion as they are swayed by the anti-slavery furor.
    — from A Defence of Virginia And Through Her, of the South, in Recent and Pending Contests Against the Sectional Party by Robert Lewis Dabney

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