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100			_aStewart, Susan _995014
245			_aOn Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection
260			_aLondon _bDuke University Press _c1993
300			_axiv,213p.
505			_aContents Preface/Hyperbole ix Prologue 1 1. ON DESCRIPTION AND THE BOOK 3 Still Life 3 The Sadness Without an Object 14 Interior Decorations 24 Space of Language 31 2. THE MINIATURE 37 Micrographia 37 Tableau: The Miniature Described 44 The Secret Life of Things 54 The Dollhouse 61 Miniature Time 65 3. THE GIGANTIC 70 Skywriting: Exteriority and Nature 70 Exteriority: The City 78 The Gigantic Described 86 The Lie: Gigantism in Language 93 4. THE IMAGINARY BODY 104 The Grotesque Body 104 The Body Made Miniature 111 The Tom Thumb Wedding 117 Reading the Body 125 5. OBJECTS OF DESIRE 132 Part I. The Souvenir 132 The Selfish 132 Distance and Intimacy 139 Separation and Restoration 145 Part II. The Collection, Paradise of Consumption 151 Context Destroyed 151 Inside and Outside 154 Metaconsumption: The Female Impersonator 166 Conclusion/Litotes 171 Notes 174 Selected Bibliography 193 Index 205
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