The miniaturists / Barbara Browning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Browning, Barbara, 1961- author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miniature objects in literature.

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

"In The Miniaturists Barbara Browning explores her attraction to tininess and the stories of those who share it. Interweaving autobiography with research on unexpected topics and letting her voracious curiosity guide her, Browning offers a series of charming short essays that plumb what it means to ponder the minuscule. She is as entranced by early twentieth-century entomologist William Morton Wheeler, who imagined corresponding with termites, as she is by Frances Glessner Lee, the "mother of forensic science," who built intricate dollhouses to solve crimes. Whether examining Honey I Shrunk the Kids, the Schoenhut Toy Piano dynasty, portrait miniatures, diminutive handwriting, or Jonathan Swift's and Lewis Carroll's preoccupation with tiny people, Browning shows how a preoccupation with all things tiny can belie an attempt to grasp vast, and even cosmic, realities."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foibles of Insects and Men

The Mother of Forensic Science

Dilation and Contraction

Suite for Toy Piano

Gulliver Phantasies

The Handwriting on the Wall

Lead Paint and Other Poisons

That Which Is More Proportionable to the Smallness of My Abilities.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Browning, Barbara, 1961- Miniaturists.

ISBN:

9781478023548

1478023546

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.