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The Oxford Book of Aphorisms
John Gross
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Description for The Oxford Book of Aphorisms
Paperback. This title shows how rewarding an art form the aphorism can be, and how well the aphorist can illuminate the hidden truth, or lay bare the ironies of existence. Sections including "Religion", "Money and Rank", "Men, Women, Marriage" and "Politics", cover the range of aphoristic literature. Editor(s): Gross, John. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CB; CFG; DQ; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
This anthology demonstrates to the full just how rewarding an art form the aphorism can be, and just how brilliantly the aphorist can illuminate the hidden truth, or lay bare the ironies of existence. Specific sections including 'Religion', 'Money & Rank', 'Men, Women, Marriage' and 'Politics', cover the whole range of aphoristic literature. This book brings together the most diverse figures-the classic aphorists, like La Rochefoucauld; the philosophers, from the Greeks to Samuel Johnson to Virginia Woolf-as well as statesmen, scientists, boulevardiers, Olympians, and gadflies. John Gross draws on their wisdom and wit to produce an anthology that will ... Read more
This anthology demonstrates to the full just how rewarding an art form the aphorism can be, and just how brilliantly the aphorist can illuminate the hidden truth, or lay bare the ironies of existence. Specific sections including 'Religion', 'Money & Rank', 'Men, Women, Marriage' and 'Politics', cover the whole range of aphoristic literature. This book brings together the most diverse figures-the classic aphorists, like La Rochefoucauld; the philosophers, from the Greeks to Samuel Johnson to Virginia Woolf-as well as statesmen, scientists, boulevardiers, Olympians, and gadflies. John Gross draws on their wisdom and wit to produce an anthology that will ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
394
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
422g
Number of Pages
394
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192804563
SKU
V9780192804563
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Ref
99-9
About John Gross
John Gross was editor of the Times Literary Supplement from 1974 to 1981 and on the staff of the New York Times from 1983 to 1988. He has been theatre critic of the Sunday Telegraph since 1989 and is the editor of other Oxford anthologies and After Shakespeare: An Anthology, published this year to rave reviews.
Reviews for The Oxford Book of Aphorisms
Review from previous edition 'entertaining, thoughtful, splendidly varied'
Kingsley Amis
'an admirable collection'
Anthony Burgess
'And now, from the people who bring you the best anthologies, one of their best anthologies'
Christopher Ricks, Sunday Times
'a really splendid book'
Observer
'fascinating ... [the reader] will experience the delight of having his worst ... Read more
Kingsley Amis
'an admirable collection'
Anthony Burgess
'And now, from the people who bring you the best anthologies, one of their best anthologies'
Christopher Ricks, Sunday Times
'a really splendid book'
Observer
'fascinating ... [the reader] will experience the delight of having his worst ... Read more