Literary notes about misrepresentation (AI summary)
Writers often employ the notion of misrepresentation to highlight the distortion of truth in both personal character and historical narrative. In some texts, it is used to underscore deliberate deceit or partisan bias—as when critics suggest that ambiguous phrasing serves to misrepresent an argument’s intent ([1]) or when character judgments hinge on the misrepresentation of one's motives ([2]). Other works recall past misrepresentations that invite readers to judge the authenticity of reported events or sentiments, prompting discussions about fairness and accuracy in accounts ([3], [4]).
- Gibbon's misrepresentation lies in the ambiguous expression "too often."
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - In what imaginary act of friendship can you here defend yourself? or under what misrepresentation, can you here impose upon others?"
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Whether, in the representation here given of what he says to his Galatians, there be any misrepresentation, the reader may judge.
— from Not Paul, But Jesus by Jeremy Bentham - The result was a great deal of misrepresentation and misunderstanding of him.
— from The Antichrist by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
