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The tears of things : melancholy and physical objects / Peter Schwenger.

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Van Pelt Library B828.45 .S39 2006
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Schwenger, Peter, 1942-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Perception (Philosophy).
Phenomenology.
Loss (Psychology).
Melancholy.
Sadness.
Physical Description:
xi, 200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2006]
Contents:
Words and the murder of the thing
Painting and the gaze of the object
Sculpture and the broken tool
Possessed objects
Still life: a user's manual
Museal
The dream narratives of debris
Last things.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index.
ISBN:
0816646309
0816646317
OCLC:
62421078

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