The long and short of it: from aphorism to novel
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Main Author: Morson, Gary Saul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press 2012
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Item Description: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
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 273 p.)
ISBN:080478051X
0804781699
0804781893
9780804781893

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