Literary notes about authentic (AI summary)
The term "authentic" is frequently employed to underscore the genuineness and reliability of historical records or cultural artifacts. Writers often invoke it to designate accounts, documents, or experiences that are perceived as untainted by later embellishments or biases, thereby highlighting their credibility. In historical narratives, as seen in passages citing meticulous research and firsthand observation [1, 2, 3], the adjective reinforces the trustworthiness of the subject matter. At times, it is used to distinguish real, authoritative works from contrived legends, lending a sense of archival veracity to the narrative [4, 5, 6]. In literary fiction, the notion of authenticity sometimes becomes a thematic touchstone—a pursuit of a genuine experience or voice amid artifice [7, 8, 9]. This dual function of "authentic," as both a marker of factual reliability in scholarly texts and a symbol of earnest, original expression in creative works, attests to its versatile usage in literature.
- To the first objection I answer, that the most dry and artless historians are, in general, the most authentic.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 1 (of 6) by Jacob Bryant - This is one of the most authentic and accurate of historical works.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian - The authentic history of his martyrdom has been recorded with unusual candor and impartiality.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - This authentic fact, with the testimony of Procopius, or at least of the contemporary Goths, (Gothic.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - 3:) and the authentic reference of Gregory of Tours (Hist. Francor.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - The best and most authentic MSS. tell us no more than this.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano - a wish to find a more authentic kind of experience?—that would become a recurrent motif in his fiction.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson - How the head centre got away, authentic version.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce - This is the only story I have read in three years in which it seemed to me that I found the authentic voice of "O. Henry" speaking.
— from The Best Short Stories of 1917, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story