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Exemplariness

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ex·em·pla·ry  (g-zmpl-r)
adj.
1. Worthy of imitation; commendable: exemplary behavior.
2. Serving as a model.
3. Serving as an illustration; typical.
4. Serving as a warning; admonitory.
[From Middle English exaumplarie, exemplere, an exemplar; see exemplar.]
exem·plari·ly (gzm-plâr-l) adv.
ex·empla·ri·ness, exem·plari·ty (gzm-plr-t) n.


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Iser proceeds to explain why and how the novel, unlike "other literary forms [that induce] the reader to contemplate the exemplariness that [these genres embody]," forces readers to confront the "problems arising from his own surroundings, [while] at the same time holding out various potential solutions which the reader himself [has], at least partially, to formulate" (xi).
A novel understanding of ecology by Irvine, Colin C. / Academic Exchange Quarterly
In "My Father's Heroes," Joseph recasts a childhood lesson in exemplariness into a mature recollection of her father:
In Every Seam by Doreski, C. K. / African American Review
The book's argument focusses repeatedly on the quotidian exemplariness of Rinaldo, as contrasted with, say, Orlando's outlandish exploits, leading Sherberg to argue that Rinaldo is a more credible hero: "Throughout the tradition poets showed him struggling with the same conflicts that readers may note in their own experience: problems of authority and self-affirmation, of rivalry and betrayal, of eros and economics, of the challenges of a dangerous world" (195).
Rinaldo: Character and Intertext in Ariosto and Tasso by Looney, Dennis / Renaissance Quarterly
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