On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the CollectionMiniature 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. |
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ON DESCRIPTION AND THE BOOK | 3 |
THE MINIATURE | 37 |
THE GIGANTIC | 70 |
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