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The Long and Short of It : From Aphorism to Novel.
Brevity may be the soul of wit, but it is also much more. In this exploration of the shortest literary works--wise sayings, proverbs, witticisms, sardonic observations about human nature, pithy evocations of mystery, terse statements regarding ultimate questions--Gary Saul Morson argues passionately...
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Palo Alto :
Stanford University Press,
2012.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Long and Short of It; 1. Genre and Brevity; 2. Apothegms; Apothegm and Dictum; Paradoxes of Apothegms; 3. Witticisms and Witlessisms; The Resourcefulness of Wit; Stupidity Shines; 4. Wisdom and Counter-Wisdom; Wise Sayings; Sardonic Maxims; 5. Two Kinds of Trial; The Summons; The Thought; 6. Prosaic Apothegms; Conclusion: The Great Conversation; Notes; Index. | |
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