{"product_id":"aphoristic-modernity-1880-to-the-present-9789004400047","title":"Aphoristic Modernity: 1880 to the Present","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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 relationship between aphoristic consciousness and literary modernism in the expanded purview of the long twentieth century, through the work of a wide range of authors, including Samuel Beckett, Max Beerbohm, Jorge Luis Borges, Katherine Mansfield, and Stevie Smith. From the romantic fragment to the tweet, Aphoristic Modernity offers a compelling exploration of the short form's pervasive presence both as a standalone artefact and as part of a larger textual and cultural matrix.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements   List of Illustrations   Notes on Contributors   Introduction: Like a Burr: Aphoristic Writing and Modernity   Kostas Boyiopoulos and Michael Shallcross   1Aphoristic Gaps and Theories of the Image   Peter Robinson   2‘A Ruin Amidst Ruins’: Modernity, Literary Aphorisms, and Romantic Fragments   Mark Sandy   3Social Notes: Oscar Wilde, Francis Bacon, and the Medium of Aphorism   Simon Reader   4Brilliancy and Mimicry: Epigrammatic Wit in Oscar Wilde, Max Beerbohm, and Ada Leverson   Kostas Boyiopoulos   5We Moderns: Katherine Mansfield and Edwin Muir in theNew Age   Chris Mourant   6‘You must remain broken up’: Wyndham Lewis, Laughter, and the Subjective Aphorism   Alan Munton   7Knowing Nothing: Wilde and Beckett Deranging the Aphorism   Rebekah Scott   8Aphoristic Interruption in Stevie Smith   Noreen Masud   9Stepping into the Same River Twice: Jorge Luis Borges’s Aphoristic Short Stories   Baylee Brits   10Aphorisms and Archipelagos: Relationality in Modernist Studies   Maebh Long   11Epigrammatic Writing and Remix Culture: Memes and Mastery   Francesca Coppa   12‘I saw a sign that said “Drink Canada Dry”’: Alcoholic Epigrams, Modern Marketing, and the Value of Moderation   Michael Shallcross   Bibliography   Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210775781719,"sku":"9789004400047","price":116.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aphoristic-modernity-1880-to-the-present-9789004400047","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}