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A Theory of the Aphorism

A Theory of the Aphorism

From Confucius to Twitter

by Andrew Hui
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Publication Date: 19/02/2019

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An engaging look at the aphorism, the shortest literary form, across time, languages, and cultures

Aphorisms-or philosophical short sayings-appear everywhere, from Confucius to Twitter, the Buddha to the Bible, Heraclitus to Nietzsche. Yet despite this ubiquity, the aphorism is the least studied literary form. What are its origins? How did it de
ISBN:
9780691188959
9780691188959
Category:
Literature: history & criticism
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
19-02-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
272
Dimensions (mm):
216x140mm
Andrew Hui

Andrew Hui is associate professor of humanities at Yale-NUS College, Singapore. He is the author of A Theory of the Aphorism: From Confucius to Twitter (Princeton) and The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature.

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