Museums of the mind : German modernity and the dynamics of collecting / Peter M. McIsaac.
| Author/creator | McIsaac, Peter |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2007. |
| Description | xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The museum function, inventoried consciousness, and German-speaking literature -- Inventoried consciousness today : Durs Grünbein and W.G. Sebald -- Ottilie under glass : collecting as disciplinary regime in Goethe's Wahlverwandtschaften -- The museum of Bildung : collecting in Stifter's Nachsommer -- Archaeology, exhibition, and tourism : Raabe's "Keltische Knochen" -- Flâneur optical, collector tactile : Rilke's Neue Gedichte as imaginary museum landscape -- "Quiet violence" : the Army Museum in Ingeborg Bachmann's Malina -- (Re)collecting the twentieth century : Lenz's Heimatmuseum. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-313) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007003712 |
| ISBN | 9780271029917 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0271029919 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | AM7 .M39 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |