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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 …
In this lively gambol through the history of quotations and quotation books, Gary Saul Morson traces our enduring fascination with the words of others. He defines what makes a quote quotable, as well as the (unexpected) differences between quotation and misquotation.
In this lively gambol through the history of "ations and "ation books, Gary Saul Morson traces our enduring fascination with the words of others. Ranging from the remote past to the present, he explores the formation, development, and significance of "ations, while exploring the…
"A short philosophy of language book on quotation that maps out the history of the topic and offers a new approach to it"--
An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers theways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth Ihave recited these texts within new…
"An innovative study of the emergent Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. This book argues that the post-Reformation preoccupation with textual remembrance led to a remarkable proliferation of epitaphs beyond the putative tomb. A poetics…
Cultural critic Marjorie Garber turns to the history of words, great writers, everyday speech, and the painted image to spin tales about the way we live. There are pieces on Jane Austen Syndrome, on forgery, on sequels (think George "Dubya") and on anachronism ("historical corre…
In this new book of essays, the author turns to the history of words, great writers, everyday speech, and the unspeaking, painted image to spin tales about the way we live.