| The Literary Life of Things: Case Studies in American Fiction Volume 33 Contributor(s): Tischleder, Babette Bärbel (Author) |
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ISBN: 359350006X ISBN-13: 9783593500065 Publisher: Campus Verlag OUR PRICE: $48.51 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Series: North American Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.4" (0.85 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Whether in the street or the microcosm of the home, the life of things conjoins human subjects and inanimate objects. This material culture has long played a vital role in the American literary imagination, yet scholars in literary and cultural studies have only recently (re)discovered the object world as a subject of critical inquiry. Engaging a great range of American literature--from Harriet Beecher Stowe and Edith Wharton to Vladimir Nabokov and Jonathan Franzen--The Literary Life of Things illuminates scenes of animation that disclose the aesthetic, affective, and ethical dimensions of our entanglement with the material world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tischleder, Babette B.: - Babette Barbel Tischleder is professor of North American studies at Gottingen University, Germany. She is author of Body Trouble: Entkorperlichung, Whiteness und das amerikanische Gegenwartskino. |
