Literary notes about incursion (AI summary)
Literature often employs "incursion" to evoke the idea of an abrupt, forceful entry that disrupts an established order. In historical narratives, it denotes aggressive military or territorial intrusions, as when Swedish forces cut through Jutland ([1]) or when a kingdom faced upheaval from an unexpected enemy advance ([2], [3]). Yet the term is equally at home in metaphorical contexts, suggesting disturbances in art, thought, or everyday life—capturing moments when tradition is suddenly interrupted or when an element of the unfamiliar penetrates a customary space ([4], [5]). This versatility makes "incursion" a powerful device in both the literal recounting of historical events and the more abstract portrayals of sudden, transformative change.
- In 1664, the Swedes made an incursion into Jutland and felled a considerable extent of forest.
— from Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh - The severe blow which had fallen on the kingdom of Judah by the incursion of Shishak secured him from any serious attack on the part of Rehoboam.
— from The History of Antiquity, Vol. 2 (of 6) by Max Duncker - 1761 In February, 1761, the regiment was engaged in an incursion into the French cantonments, and took part in several skirmishes with the enemy.
— from Historical Record of the First, or the Royal Regiment of Dragoons Containing an Account of Its Formation in the Reign of King Charles the Second, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1839 by Richard Cannon - In this sense, a thought (what a thing suggests but is not as it is presented) is creative,—an incursion into the novel.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - The sudden incursion of religion during a financial debate is highly characteristic of the House of Commons.
— from Andrew Marvell by Augustine Birrell
