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LEADER: 01491cam a2200337 i 4500
001 2011039934
003 DLC
005 20120502083231.0
008 110922s2012 cau b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2011039934
020 $a9780804780513 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a080478051X (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780804781695 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aCSt/DLC$beng$cCSt$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPN6269.A2$bM67 2012
082 00 $a818/.602$223
100 1 $aMorson, Gary Saul,$d1948-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe long and short of it :$bfrom aphorism to novel /$cGary Saul Morson.
260 $aStanford, California :$bStanford University Press,$c[2012]
300 $axx, 273 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aThis 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.
505 0 $aIntroduction: the long and short of it -- Genre and brevity -- Apothegms -- Witticism and witlessism -- Wisdom and counter-wisdom -- Two kinds of trial -- Prosaic apothegms -- Conclusion : the great conversation.
650 0 $aAphorisms and apothegms$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aWit and humor$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEpigram.
650 0 $aLiterary form.