The tears of things : melancholy and physical objects / Peter Schwenger.

Author/creator Schwenger, Peter, 1942-
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxi, 200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Words and the murder of the thing -- Painting and the gaze of the object -- Sculpture and the broken tool -- Possessed objects -- Still life: a user's manual -- Museal -- The dream narratives of debris -- Last things.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.
LCCN 2005031367
ISBN0816646309 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816646317 (pb : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks B828.45 .S39 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold