Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture
Gary Saul Morson • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300171747
Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture
Gary Saul Morson • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300171749 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300171747 · 2011
Canonical book record
Completeness 53
Cover quality: low resolution
2manybooks editorial
Gary Saul Morson examines the evolution of the quotation as a cultural artifact, tracing its trajectory from classical rhetoric to the modern reference book. By analyzing how borrowed language shapes intellectual discourse, the author reveals the complex interplay between original authorship and the iterative nature of human thought. This study provides a rigorous exploration of how aphorisms and citations function as building blocks for collective knowledge and literary tradition.
Book metadata
Contributors
Community tags
Inferred themes
Machine-inferred from catalog text. Not verified subjects.
Stored catalog notes
Community signals
Have: 7 · Like: 2 · Rating: 4.5 / 5 (8)
Current asking prices
Lowest
—
Median
—
Highest
—
Community comments
0 likes • 0 comments
Log in to like this book and join the discussion.
Loading comments…
Editions and similar books
Related titles. These are other books, not live offers for Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture.
Nice to Meet You: Visual Greetings from Business Cards
America Dancing: From the Cakewalk to the Moonwalk
The Magic Hour: The Convergence of Art and Las Vegas
Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist
What Ever Happened to Modernism?
Catching the Light
Resisting Categories: Latin American and/or Latino?
, , et al.
Jane Welsh Carlyle and Her Victorian World: A Story of Love, Work, Marriage, and Friendship
Suggest catalog improvements
Log in to submit metadata updates for this book.