Literary notes about immured (AI summary)
The term "immured" in literature conveys both literal and metaphorical confinement, evoking images of characters trapped within physical walls as well as emotional or societal imprisonment. Authors use it to describe settings as varied as grim dungeons and secluded convents—illustrated by its appearance in tales of isolated prisoners [1], forsaken souls in dark cells [2], and even as a metaphor for self-imposed isolation [3]. Whether signifying a character’s physical restraint, as in dramatic historical incarcerations [4] or artistic evocations of duty and captivity [5], "immured" enriches the narrative by highlighting the struggle against entrapment and the yearning for liberation.
- —A thrilling story of the daring escape of a convict who had been immured in the state prison for a crime of which he was wholly innocent.
— from The Spruce Street Tragedy; or, Old Spicer Handles a Double Mystery - He remained thus immured for several weeks.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo - I "immured" myself far away from the scene of turmoil and strife, and was happy so long as I kept my eyes on my books and manuscripts.
— from Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - He was conveyed to Castle Grant, and from thence to London, to the same dreary fortress in which Lord Kilmarnock was likewise immured.
— from Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume III. by Thomson, A. T., Mrs. - By my sweet soul, I mean setting thee at liberty, enfreedoming thy person; thou wert immured, restrained, captivated, bound.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
