Literary notes about title (AI summary)
The word "title" in literature is employed in a variety of ways beyond simply naming a work. Often, it appears on title pages to identify, authenticate, or attribute a text—as in the inscription on a title page by multiple hands [1] or the original title page of a famous epic [2]. At other times, a title functions as an honorific or social designation, marking rank, authority, or respect, such as the conferral of a royal title [3, 4] or acknowledging someone’s distinguished status [5, 6]. Moreover, "title" is used to refer to legal claims or property, as seen in discussions about title deeds or inheritances [7, 8]. Through these diverse usages, the term not only names a work or a person but also encapsulates cultural, legal, and social significance as reflected across numerous literary examples [9, 10, 11].
- The title page of our copy is inscribed by three different old hands, one the characteristic remark: “Mulcens me, gannis?”
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius - Transcriber's Note: Title page of second (1674) edition of Paradise Lost follows: Paradise Lost.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton - Finding him a moderate and useful ruler, they soon gave him the title of king.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch - The title of king had armed the Romans against his life.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honourable title of the woman.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - I profess myself the patron of the commons—a title with which my solicitude and zeal invests me.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy - It has already been shown that covenants for title, like warranties, went only to successors of the original covenantee.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes - The title to property will not be disturbed in any event, until adjudicated by the courts of the United States.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman - Hence, perhaps, came ζωειν and ζην to live: and ζωον , animal: and hence the title of Apollo Ζηνοδοτηρ .
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 1 (of 6) by Jacob Bryant - It is interesting to note that one of the Milanese editions of 1498 bears a title in this particular spelling.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius - This was a sacred title given by the Amonians to their Gods; which often occurs in the Orphic hymns, when any Deity is invoked.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 1 (of 6) by Jacob Bryant
