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

Author/creator Morson, Gary Saul, 1948-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press,
Descriptionxi, 340 p. ; 22 cm.
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Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010034293
ISBN9780300167474 (alk. paper)