Aphoristic modernity : 1880 to the present

Aphoristic modernity : 1880 to the present / edited by Kostas Boyiopoulos, Michael Shallcross.

"For the first time in scholarship, this essay collection interprets modernity through the literary micro-genres of the aphorism, the epigram, the maxim, and the fragment. Situating Friedrich Nietzsche and Oscar Wilde as forerunners of modern aphoristic culture, the collection analyses the rela...

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Other Authors: Boyiopoulos, Kostas (Editor), Shallcross, Michael (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Series:Literary modernism (Leiden) ; v. 6.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Modernism (Literature) > Congresses.
Aphorisms and apothegms > History and criticism > Congresses.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism > Congresses.
Aphorisms and apothegms
Literature, Modern
Modernism (Literature)
Conference papers and proceedings
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Like a Burr: Aphoristic Writing and Modernity / Kostas Boyiopoulos and Michael Shallcross
  • Aphoristic Gaps and Theories of the Image / Peter Robinson
  • 'A Ruin Amidst Ruins': Modernity, Literary Aphorisms, and Romantic Fragments / Mark Sandy
  • Social Notes: Oscar Wilde, Francis Bacon, and the Medium of Aphorism / Simon Reader
  • Brilliancy and Mimicry: Epigrammatic Wit in Oscar Wilde, Max Beerbohm, and Ada Leverson / Kostas Boyiopoulos
  • We Moderns: Katherine Mansfield and Edwin Muir in the New Age / Chris Mourant
  • 'You must remain broken up': Wyndham Lewis, Laughter, and the Subjective Aphorism / Alan Munton
  • Knowing Nothing: Wilde and Beckett Deranging the Aphorism / Rebekah Scott
  • Aphoristic Interruption in Stevie Smith / Noreen Masud
  • Stepping into the Same River Twice: Jorge Luis Borges's Aphoristic Short Stories / Baylee Brits
  • Aphorisms and Archipelagos: Relationality in Modernist Studies / Maebh Long
  • Epigrammatic Writing and Remix Culture: Memes and Mastery / Francesca Coppa
  • I saw a sign that said "Drink Canada Dry": Alcoholic Epigrams, Modern Marketing, and the Value of Moderation / Michael Shallcross.

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