02280nam 2200649 a 450 991081696930332120240516114623.00-8047-8189-310.1515/9780804781893(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 from aphorism to novel /Gary Saul Morson1st ed.Stanford, 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 formAphorisms and apothegmsHistory and criticism.Wit and humorHistory and criticism.Epigram.Literary form.818/.602Morson Gary Saul1948-610132MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816969303321The long and short of it3937357UNINA