02317nam 2200649 a 450 991045746270332120200520144314.00-8047-8189-310.1515/9780804781893(CKB)2550000000083640(EBL)848701(OCoLC)775301948(SSID)ssj0000646585(PQKBManifestationID)12245276(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646585(PQKBWorkID)10699425(PQKB)10300419(MiAaPQ)EBC848701(DE-B1597)564056(DE-B1597)9780804781893(Au-PeEL)EBL848701(CaPaEBR)ebr10537873(OCoLC)1198930701(EXLCZ)99255000000008364020110922d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe long and short of it[electronic resource] from aphorism to novel /Gary Saul MorsonStanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20121 online resource (296 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-8169-9 0-8047-8051-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Aphorisms and apothegmsHistory and criticismWit and humorHistory and criticismEpigramLiterary formElectronic books.Aphorisms and apothegmsHistory and criticism.Wit and humorHistory and criticism.Epigram.Literary form.818/.602Morson Gary Saul1948-610132MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457462703321The long and short of it2432087UNINA