The long and short of it [electronic resource] : from aphorism to novel / Gary Saul Morson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.Description: xx, 273 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 818/.602 23
LOC classification:
  • PN6269.A2 M67 2012eb
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Contents:
Genre and brevity -- Apothegms -- Witticism and witlessism -- Wisdom and counter-wisdom -- Two kinds of trial -- Prosaic apothegms -- Conclusion : the great conversation.
Summary: This book explores the family of very short literary genres-- aphorisms, witticisms, wise sayings, and other short forms, from the perspective of their world views and the devices that express them.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genre and brevity -- Apothegms -- Witticism and witlessism -- Wisdom and counter-wisdom -- Two kinds of trial -- Prosaic apothegms -- Conclusion : the great conversation.

This book explores the family of very short literary genres-- aphorisms, witticisms, wise sayings, and other short forms, from the perspective of their world views and the devices that express them.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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