A sense of things : the object matter of American literature / Bill Brown.
A sense of things : the object matter of American literature / Bill Brown.
A sense of things : the object matter of American literature / Bill Brown.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2003.
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N813.40935/1
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Introduction: The Idea of Things and the Ideas in Them -- 1. The Tyranny of Things -- Fetishisms -- Object Lessons -- A Trivial Thing -- Democratic Objects -- 2. The Nature of Things -- Iteration -- Creatures of Habit -- Possession -- The Miracle of History -- Misuse Value -- 3. Regional Artifacts -...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2003.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
c2003.
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"Brown's new study explores the roots of modern America's fascination with things and the problem that objects posed for American literature at the turn of the century. This was an era when the invention, production, distribution, and consumption of things suddenly came to define a national culture. Brown shows how crucial novels of the time made t...
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A sense of things : the object matter of American literature / Bill Brown.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-235) and index.
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c2003.
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N813.40935/1
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74Vv56XaDBpZ
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0226076296 (pbk.) :
9780226076287 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226076288 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226076294 (pbk : alk. paper)
0226076296 (pbk : alk. paper)
9780226076287 (alk. paper)
0226076288 (alk. paper)
9780226076287 :
0226076288 :
9780226076294 (pbk.) :
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813.409355
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991017637149702626
