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Narrative and freedom : the shadows of time
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ISBN: 0300058829 Year: 1994 Publisher: New Haven Yale University Press


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The long and short of it : from aphorism to novel
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ISBN: 0804781893 9780804781893 9780804780513 9780804781695 080478051X 0804781699 Year: 2012 Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,

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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.


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The words of others : from quotations to culture
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ISBN: 1283150603 9786613150608 0300171749 9780300171747 9781283150606 9780300167474 0300167474 Year: 2011 Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press,

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In this lively gambol through the history of "ations and "ation books, Gary Saul Morson traces our enduring fascination with the words of others. Ranging from the remote past to the present, he explores the formation, development, and significance of "ations, while exploring the "verbal museums" in which they have been collected and displayed--commonplace books, treasuries, and anthologies. In his trademark clear, witty, and provocative style, Morson invites readers to share his delight in the shortest literary genre.The author defines what makes a "e "able, as well as the (unexpected) differences between "ation and mis"ation. He describes how "ations form, transform, and may eventually become idioms. How much of language itself is the residue of former "ations? Weaving in hundreds of intriguing "ations, common and unusual, Morson explores how the words of others constitute essential elements in the formation of a culture and of the self within that culture. In so doing, he provides a demonstration of that very process, captured in the pages of this extraordinary new book.

"Anna Karenina" in our time : seeing more wisely
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ISBN: 9780300100709 Year: 2007 Publisher: New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press

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The boundaries of genre : Dostoevsky's Diary of a writer and the traditions of literary utopia
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ISBN: 0292707320 Year: 1981 Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press,

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Hidden in plain view : narrative and creative potentials in "War and peace"
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ISBN: 0859677478 Year: 1988 Publisher: Aldershot Scolar press

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Literature and history : theoretical problems and Russian case studies
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ISBN: 0804714703 Year: 1986 Publisher: Stanford (Calif.): Stanford university press

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The boundaries of genre : Dostoevsky's Diary of a writer and the traditions of literary utopia.
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ISBN: 0810108119 Year: 1981 Publisher: Evanston Northwestern university press

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Narrative and freedom : the shadows of time.
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ISBN: 0300068751 9780300068757 Year: 1994 Publisher: New Haven London Yale University Press

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