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Apothegms
old collections of secular narrative literature, containing witty utterances or edifying stories about incidents from the lives of famous people. Apothegms were concerned with the behavioral standards of people in their personal and social lives. The authors of similar collections were, in particular, F. Petrarch and G. Boccaccio. At the end of the 16th century apothegms had penetrated into Polish manuscript literature and in the second half of the 17th century into Russian manuscript literature. The first printed edition of apothegms in Russia was published in 1711. At the end of the 18th century individual stories drawn from apothegms were included in N. G. Kurganov’s Letter-writer. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | If I could control Hollywood I could control the world," Stalin said, which was, like other of the old monster's apothegms ("How many divisions has the Pope? Clive James, an author of numerous books of criticism, autobiography, and poetry has provided in this book 110 biographical essays of celebrities, intellectuals, tyrants, and writers whose apothegms have fascinated James his entire adult life. Discussing the Old Arcadia, he suggests that while Sidney's narrative is at one level a patchwork of sententiae, the work nevertheless attempts to narrate transformations of perception and understanding that cannot be contained by decontextualized apothegms. |
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