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3. Witticisms and Witlessisms

© 2020 Stanford University Press, Redwood City

© 2020 Stanford University Press, Redwood City

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. List of Abbreviations xv
  5. Introduction: The Long and Short of It 1
  6. 1. Genre and Brevity 11
  7. 2. Apothegms 20
  8. 3. Witticisms and Witlessisms 67
  9. 4. Wisdom and Counter-Wisdom 112
  10. 5. Two Kinds of Trial 173
  11. 6. Prosaic Apothegms 211
  12. Conclusion: The Great Conversation 237
  13. Notes 239
  14. Index 253
The Long and Short of It
This chapter is in the book The Long and Short of It
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804781893-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. List of Abbreviations xv
  5. Introduction: The Long and Short of It 1
  6. 1. Genre and Brevity 11
  7. 2. Apothegms 20
  8. 3. Witticisms and Witlessisms 67
  9. 4. Wisdom and Counter-Wisdom 112
  10. 5. Two Kinds of Trial 173
  11. 6. Prosaic Apothegms 211
  12. Conclusion: The Great Conversation 237
  13. Notes 239
  14. Index 253
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