Literary notes about pamphlet (AI summary)
The term “pamphlet” in literature is employed in a remarkably versatile manner, often denoting a brief yet potent medium for commentary and debate. In many works, pamphlets serve as vehicles for political agitation and ideological protest—as seen when a controversial treatise challenges ecclesiastical hierarchies and political orders [1], [2], [3], and when stirring ideas on nationhood are contended within their pages [4], [5]. At the same time, the pamphlet is frequently portrayed with a lighter or satirical touch, used either to underline character quirks or to lampoon self-important endeavors [6], [7]. Literary giants such as George Eliot and Edgar Allan Poe reference pamphlets not simply as standalone texts, but as reflective snapshots of their characters’ inner lives and the turbulent public discourse of their times [8], [9], [10]. Thus, whether disseminating incendiary political thought or serving as a kerfuffle-inducing literary device, the pamphlet remains a concise and influential form in the literary tradition.
- Three years afterwards he gave new offence to Laud by publishing a pamphlet against the hierarchy.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain - The letters of Junius did not make themselves felt in English political life more than did this pamphlet in the political circles of New York.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Dr. Benjamin Rush “Have you read the pamphlet Common Sense ?
— from Common Sense by Thomas Paine - The idea which I have developed in this pamphlet is a very old one: it is the restoration of the Jewish State.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl - This pamphlet will open a general discussion on the Jewish Question, but that does not mean that there will be any voting on it.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl - I confess, too, that I was irritated by the egotism which seemed to demand that every line of my pamphlet should be devoted to his own special doings.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle - Philosophy of the Talmud (sewn pamphlet).
— from Ulysses by James Joyce - That was a very seasonable pamphlet of his on the Catholic Question:—a deanery at least.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - Dorothea closed her pamphlet, as soon as she was aware of her uncle's presence, and rose as if to go.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - I spoke of myself;—of myself, of myself, of myself;—of Nosology, of my pamphlet, and of myself.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe
