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On Longing : Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection by Susan Stewart (1992, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherDuke University Press
ISBN-100822313669
ISBN-139780822313663
eBay Product ID (ePID)494779

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Number of Pages232 Pages
Publication NameOn Longing : Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1992
SubjectLinguistics / Semantics, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Semiotics & Theory
TypeTextbook
AuthorSusan Stewart
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN92-040004
Reviews"Stewart's work provides an oasis in contemporary criticism, a place where theory and poetry, systematic reflection and the essayistic plunge into particular cases, come together in a refreshing synthesis."--W. J. T. Mitchell, "The historical richness, psychological insight and sociological subtlety of the analyses Stewart develops in On Longing are exemplary for cultural studies."--Barbara Herrnstein Smith, "The historical richness, psychological insight and sociological subtlety of the analyses Stewart develops in On Longing are exemplary for cultural studies."-Barbara Herrnstein Smith, "Stewart's work provides an oasis in contemporary criticism, a place where theory and poetry, systematic reflection and the essayistic plunge into particular cases, come together in a refreshing synthesis."-W. J. T. Mitchell, "Stewart's work provides an oasis in contemporary criticism, a place where theory and poetry, systematic reflection and the essayistic plunge into particular cases, come together in a refreshing synthesis."--W. J. T. Mitchell "The historical richness, psychological insight and sociological subtlety of the analyses Stewart develops in On Longing are exemplary for cultural studies."--Barbara Herrnstein Smith
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal808.0014
Table Of ContentTable of Contents Preface/Hyperbole Prologue Still Life The Sadness Without an Object Interior Decorations Space of Language Micrographia Tableau: The Miniature Described The Secret Life of Things The Dollhouse Miniature Time Skywriting: Exteriority and Nature Exteriority: The City The Gigantic Described The Lie: Gigantism in Language The Grotesque Body The Body Made Miniature The Tom Thumb Wedding Reading the Body The Selfish Distance and Intimacy Separation and Restoration Context Destroyed Inside and Outside Metaconsumption: The Female Impersonator Conclusion/Litotes Notes Selected Bibliography Index
SynopsisMiniature books, eighteenth-century novels, Tom Thumb weddings, tall tales, and objects of tourism and nostalgia: this diverse group of cultural forms is the subject of On Longing , a fascinating analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world. Originally published in 1984 (Johns Hopkins University Press), and now available in paperback for the first time, this highly original book draws on insights from semiotics and from psychoanalytic, feminist, and Marxist criticism. Addressing the relations of language to experience, the body to scale, and narratives to objects, Susan Stewart looks at the "miniature" as a metaphor for interiority and at the "gigantic" as an exaggeration of aspects of the exterior. In the final part of her essay Stewart examines the ways in which the "souvenir" and the "collection" are objects mediating experience in time and space., A fascinating analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world.
LC Classification NumberP302

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