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

Morson, Gary Saul, 1948-
2012
PN6269.A2 M67 2012eb
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Title
The long and short of it [electronic resource] : from aphorism to novel / Gary Saul Morson.
Author
Morson, Gary Saul, 1948-
ISBN
9780804780513 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804781695 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804781893 (e-book)
Publication Details
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
xx, 273 p.
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PN6269.A2 M67 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
818/.602
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.
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Genre and brevity
Apothegms
Witticism and witlessism
Wisdom and counter-wisdom
Two kinds of trial
Prosaic apothegms
Conclusion : the great conversation.

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