TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morson,Gary Saul
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The long and short of it: from aphorism to novel 
AV  - PN6269.A2 M67 2012eb
U1  - 818/.602 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Stanford, Calif.
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Aphorisms and apothegms
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Wit and humor
KW  - Epigram
KW  - Literary form
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10537873
ER  -