The Redemption of Things: Collecting and Dispersal in German Realism and Modernism
(Part of the Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought Series)
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Collecting is usually understood as an activity that bestows permanence, unity, and meaning on otherwise scattered and ephemeral objects. In The Redemption of Things, Samuel Frederick emphasizes that to collect things, however, always entails displacing, immobilizing, and potentially disfiguring them, too. He argues that the dispersal of objects, seemingly antithetical to the collector's task, is essential to the logic of gathering...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1501761552
ISBN13:9781501761553
Release Date:January 2022
Publisher:Cornell University Press and Cornell Universi
Length:348 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
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