Literary notes about territory (AI summary)
Literature deploys the notion of "territory" with remarkable diversity. In some works the term pinpoints concrete landscapes marked by conquest, political delineation, or legal status, as when a writer describes lands "defying all the laws" ([1]) or outlines regions defined by administrative boundaries ([2], [3]). In other contexts, territory assumes a more strategic or metaphorical role, serving as a stage for military operations and shifts in power ([4]), or symbolizing cultural and political identity, where the expansion of a state's domain signals impending conflict ([5]). This layered usage illustrates how authors adapt the concept of territory to explore physical space, authority, and societal struggles throughout history.
- As we passed Snaky Swamp, he pointed to it, and said, "There is a slave territory that defies all the laws."
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. Jacobs - 26, the estate which is in the territory which is called Sabine, that I maintain is mine , lawyers’ wordiness for fundus Sabīnus .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - But, in course of time, the territory was partly regranted to more favored individuals, and partly cleared and occupied by actual settlers.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne - When you leave your own country behind, and take your army across neighborhood territory, you find yourself on critical ground.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi - The territory of our State must be enlarged; and hence will arise war between us and our neighbours.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato
