Displaying 1 of 1 1993 Format: Book Author: Stewart, Susan, 1952- author. Title: On longing : narratives of the miniature, the gigantic, the souvenir, the collection / Susan Stewart. Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Publisher, Date: Durham ; London : Duke University Press, [1993] ©1993 Description: xiv, 213 pages : 2 illustrations ; 23 cm Summary: An analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world. Subjects: Discourse analysis, Narrative. Semiotics and literature. Other Title: Narratives of the miniature, the gigantic, the souvenir, the collection Notes: Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1984. Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index. Contents: On description and the book: Stlll life ; The sadness without an object ; Interior decorations ; Space of language -- The miniature: Micrographia ; Tableau : the miniature described ; The secret life of things ; The dollhouse ; Miniature time -- The gigantic: Skywriting : exteriority and nature ; Exteriority : the city ; The gigantic described ; The lie : gigiantism in language -- The imaginary body: The grotesque body ; The body made miniature ; The Tom Thumb wedding ; Reading the body -- Object of desire : the souvenir: The selfish ; Distance and intimacy ; Separation and restoration -- Object of desire : context destroyed: Inside and outside ; Metaconsumption : the female impersonator -- Conclusion/Litotes -- Notes. LCCN: 92040004 ISBN: 0822313669 9780822313663 0801831164 9780801831164 Other Number: 27011292 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 84496 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 808.001 Stewart Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
