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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stewart, Susan, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Semiotics and literature.

Physical Description:

xiv, 213 p. ; 23 cm.

Edition:

1st paperback ed.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1993.

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. Part 1. The souvenir. The selfish ; Distance and intimacy ; Separation and restoration

Object of desire, Part 2. Context destroyed ; Inside and outside ; Metaconsumption: the female impersonator

Conclusion/Litotes

Notes.

Notes:

Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1984.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-204) and index.

ISBN:

0822313669 (paper)

9780822313663 (paper)

OCLC:

27011292