Research Catalog

Title

The literary life of things : case studies in American fiction / Babette Bärbel Tischleder.

Author

Tischleder, Babette Bärbel, 1968-

Publication

Frankfurt ; New York : Campus Verlag, [2014]

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Details

Description

292 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

"Whether in the street or the microcosm of the home, the life of things conjoins human subjects and inanimate objects. Engaging a great range of American literature--from Harriet Beecher Stowe and Edith Wharton to Vladimir Nabokov and Jonathan Franzen--the book illuminates scenes of animation that disclose the aesthetic, affective, and ethical dimensions of our entanglement with the material world."--Publishers website

Series Statement

North American studies ; Volume 33

Uniform Title

Nordamerikastudien Bd. 33.

Alternative Title

Case studies in American fiction

Subject

• American literature > History and criticism > Case studies
• Still-life in literature > Case studies

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Revised version of the author's habilitation--Freie Universität Berlin, 2009.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-284) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

9783593500065 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 859583943
• SCSB-12517985

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library