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Literary notes about space (AI summary)

The term “space” in literature appears as a multifaceted concept that spans the physical, metaphysical, and metaphorical. It is often employed to evoke a palpable void or desolation, as when a divine absence turns a realm into a “dead space[1] or when the endless night gives way to an unimaginably vast expanse [2]. At the same time, space serves as a measure—whether quantitative, as in measurable distances in ancient texts [3, 4], or temporal, capturing brief yet significant intervals of silence or reflection [5]. Authors also use it to articulate abstract states of being and perception, suggesting that thoughts, dreams, or even the essence of time and existence are entwined with space [6, 7].
  1. You have seen this dead space from which the living gods have departed.
    — from Best Russian Short Stories
  2. What was this strange reddish dawn in the interminable night of space?
    — from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells
  3. And I saw in the house the height round about, the foundations of the side chambers which were the measure of a reed the space of six cubits: 41:9.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  4. But on the square of them, each side was extended the space of twenty feet.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  5. He looked steadily at Mr. Grummer for a brief space, and then said emphatically, ‘This is a private room, Sir.
    — from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
  6. 7. Difference between infinity of Space, and Space infinite.
    — from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 by John Locke
  7. In my heart I feel the pulse of life; in my hands I feel power, and my proud thoughts, like eagles, fly through space.
    — from Best Russian Short Stories

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