Literary notes about gleaner (AI summary)
In literature, "gleaner" carries a dual significance. On one hand, it is employed in its original sense—a person who gathers leftover crops, as seen when characters are depicted laboring in fields of golden-rod or carrying bundles of wheat [1], [2], [3]. On the other, it has evolved into a metaphor for one who collects fragments—be it ideas, gossip, or cultural artifacts—thereby serving as a symbol of discernment and preservation [4], [5]. Moreover, the term often appears as the name of periodicals that curate local news and commentary, adding a layer of communal and historical resonance [6], [7], [8].
- In her arms the child bore, like a little gleaner, a great sheaf of graceful golden-rod, as large as her grasp could bear.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various - All the Landseer men were gifted, and the mother was the beautiful woman whom Reynolds painted as a gleaner, carrying a bundle of wheat upon her head.
— from Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People by Mary Schell Hoke Bacon - Reaper and gleaner and thresher Peer toward the east and the west:-- The Sower He knoweth, and He knoweth best.
— from Poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti - As a gleaner of chivalrous gossip, and a painter of national manners, Froissart is perhaps unequalled.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 216, December 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various - The true literary man is no mere gleaner, following in the rear and gathering up the fragments of the world's thought; but he goes down deep
— from The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield Twentieth President of the United States, Including Full and Accurate Details of His Eventful Administration, Assassination, Last Hours, Death, Etc., Together with Notable Extracts from His Speeches and Letters by E. E. (Emma Elizabeth) Brown - THE ANNUAL VOLUMES of "GLEANER" and "SOWER."
— from The Little Gleaner, Vol. X.A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various - This too was taken from an early volume of the Little Gleaner .
— from The Little Gleaner, Vol. X.A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various - The crew of the smack “Gleaner” picked the animal up, and brought it safely to the Royal Hotel stables.
— from Chronological Retrospect of the History of Yarmouth and Neighbourhoodfrom A.D. 46 to 1884 by William Finch-Crisp
