Literary notes about agog (AI summary)
The word "agog" often appears in literature to convey a vivid sense of eager anticipation and heightened curiosity. In James Joyce's Ulysses, it succinctly encapsulates emotions as characters or situations are described as "all agog" ([1], [2]), while Carlyle uses the term to underline the explosive mix of emotions brought on by controversial events, noting that "the February swearing has set them all agog" ([3]). Authors like Guy de Maupassant similarly evoke a picture of collective interest, with country folk coming "agog with curiosity" ([4]), and in Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the entire town is portrayed as abuzz with excitement ("all the town is agog with it" [5]). Even in Giovanni Boccaccio's narrative, it serves to indicate a palpable excitement as a character becomes "all agog to see the show" ([6]).