Literary notes about snark (AI summary)
Writers use the word "Snark" to evoke both the tangible and the fantastical, often representing a mysterious vessel laden with quirky character and whimsical misadventure. In many texts, the Snark is not merely a ship but a locus of unconventional wisdom and capricious behavior, deftly steering its fate without the usual guides ([1], [2], [3]). At times, it becomes a vessel for adventure and a repository for oddball narratives that span from dry nautical detail to profound absurdity ([4], [5], [6]). Meanwhile, in the tradition of playful nonsense literature—most famously alluded to in a work that bears its name—the term "Snark" challenges the reader to embrace uncertainty and the surreal, inviting a reinterpretation of order and chaos ([7], [8], [9]).
- The Snark really needs no steering to-night, but someone must be at the wheel.
— from Through the South Seas with Jack London by Martin Johnson - Under double-reefed mainsail and single-reefed staysail the Snark refused to heave to.
— from The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London - “Just the place for a Snark,” the Bellman cried, and, as he stated this fact three distinct times, it was undoubtedly true.
— from Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home: The Story of His Life by Belle Moses - The Snark was a trim little yacht, forty-five feet on the water-line, fifty-five over all, with a width of fourteen feet eight inches.
— from Through the South Seas with Jack London by Martin Johnson - Our bungalow was just a block up the beach from the Snark , on a quiet, shady street where the élite of the city lived.
— from Through the South Seas with Jack London by Martin Johnson - So the Snark started on her long voyage without a navigator.
— from The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London - " Have you also got "The Hunting of the Snark"?
— from The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood - —— The Hunting of the Snark, An agony in Eight Fits.
— from A Valiant Ignorance; vol. 3 of 3
A Novel in Three Volumes by Mary Angela Dickens - Mr. Lewis Carroll’s “Hunting of the Snark”
— from Poetical Ingenuities and Eccentricities