The long and short of it: from aphorism to novel
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
xi
List of Abbreviations
xv
Introduction: The Long and Short of It
ι
1
Genre and Brevity
π
2
Apothegms
20
Apothegm and Dictum
20
Paradoxes of Apothegms
51
3
Witticisms and Witlessisms
67
The Resourcefulness of Wit
67
Stupidity Shines
96
4
Wisdom and Counter-Wisdom
112
Wise Sayings
112
Sardonic Maxims
137
5
Two Kinds of Trial
173
The Summons
173
The Thought
195
6
Prosaic Apothegms
211
Conclusion: The Great Conversation
237
Notes
239
Index
253
Brevity may be the soul of wit, but it is also much more. In this exploration of the shortest lit¬
erary works
—
wise sayings, proverbs, witticisms, sardonic observations about human nature,
pithy evocations of mystery, terse statements regarding ultimate questions
—
Gary Saul Morson
argues passionately for the Importance of these short genres not only to scholars but also to
general readers.
We are fascinated by how brief works evoke a powerful sense of life in a few words, which
is why we browse quotation anthologies and love to repeat our favorites. Arguing that all short
genres are short in their own way, Morson
exp
lores the unique form of brevity that each of
them develops. Apothegms (Heraclitus, Lao Tzu, Wittgenstein) describe the universe as ulti¬
mately unknowable, offering not answers but ever deeper questions. Dicta (Spinoza, Marx,
Freud) create the sense that unsolvable enigmas have at last been resolved. Sayings from sages
and sacred texts assure us that goodness is rewarded, while sardonic maxims (Ecclesiastes,
Nietzsche, George Eliot) uncover the self-deceptions behind such comforting illusions. Just as
witticisms display the power of mind, witlessisms (William Spooner, Dan Quayle, the persona
assumed by Mark Twain) astonish with their spectacular stupidity.
Nothing seems further from these short works than novels and epics, but the shortest
genres often set the tone for longer ones, which, in turn, contain brilliant examples of short
forms. Morson shows that short genres contribute important insights into the history of litera¬
ture and philosophical thought. Once we grasp the role of aphorisms in Herodotus, Samuel
Johnson, Dostoevsky, and even Tolstoy, we see their masterpieces in an entirely new light.
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