On longing : narratives of the miniature, the gigantic, the souvenir, the collection / Susan Stewart.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Stewart, Susan, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Discourse analysis, Narrative.
• Semiotics and literature.

Physical Description:

xiv, 213 pages : 2 illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Other Title:

Narratives of the miniature, the gigantic, the souvenir, the collection

Place of Publication:

Durham ; London : Duke University Press, [1993]

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.

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.

Notes:

• Originally published : Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1984.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index.

ISBN:

• 0822313669
• 9780822313663
• 0801831164
• 9780801831164

OCLC:

27011292