On longing : narratives of the miniature, the gigantic, the souvenir, the collection /
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| Author / Creator: | Stewart, Susan, 1952- |
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| Imprint: | Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press, c1984. |
| Description: | 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/603923 |
| Summary: | Miniature 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. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. 193-204. |
| ISBN: | 0801831164 |