The words of others : from quotations to culture / / Gary Saul Morson.

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:xi, 340 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • Verbal gems and treasuries
  • The market for quotations
  • What is an anthology?
  • Quotationality and former quotations
  • The nature of quotations
  • What is a quotation?
  • Making a quotation
  • What is a misquotation?
  • More than words alone
  • Mis-misquotations
  • How and where quotations live
  • Quotations of occasion
  • Famous last words
  • Epitaphs
  • Literary composition and decomposition
  • The anthology as literature
  • Whole and part.