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020 a| 0226076288 (cloth : alk. paper);

020 a| 0226076296 (pbk : alk. paper);

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050 00 a| PS374.M39b| B76 2003;

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100 1 a| Brown, Bill,d| 1958-=| ^A387088;

245 12 a| A sense of things :b| the object matter of American literature /c| Bill Brown.;

260 a| Chicago :b| University of Chicago Press,c| 2003.;

300 a| xii, 245 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-235) and index.;

505 0 a| The idea of things and the ideas in them -- The tyranny of things. Fetishisms. Object lessons. A trivial thing. Democratic objects -- The nature of things. Iteration. Creatures of habit. Possession. The miracle of history. Misuse value -- Regional artifacts. Natural histories. Life-groups and the cultural thing. Material history. "A kind of fetichism". Waste matter. Modernist archeology -- The decoration of houses. Décor. The novel démeublé. Reification as utopia. Things to think with. Golden bowls -- The death and life of things : modernity and modernism.;

650 0 a| American fictiony| 19th centuryx| History and criticism.=| ^A74584;

650 0 a| Material culture in literature.=| ^A406099;

650 0 a| Production (Economic theory) in literature.=| ^A211457;

650 0 a| Consumption (Economics) in literature.=| ^A158600;

650 0 a| Possessiveness in literature.=| ^A511266;

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A sense of things : the object matter of American literature / Bill Brown.

Author/creator	Brown, Bill, 1958-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Description	xii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	American fiction--19th century. --History and criticism. Material culture in literature. Economics and literature--United States. --History. --19th century. Material culture--United States. --History. --19th century. Production (Economic theory) in literature. Consumption (Economics) in literature. Possessiveness in literature.

Contents	The idea of things and the ideas in them -- The tyranny of things. Fetishisms. Object lessons. A trivial thing. Democratic objects -- The nature of things. Iteration. Creatures of habit. Possession. The miracle of history. Misuse value -- Regional artifacts. Natural histories. Life-groups and the cultural thing. Material history. "A kind of fetichism". Waste matter. Modernist archeology -- The decoration of houses. Décor. The novel démeublé. Reification as utopia. Things to think with. Golden bowls -- The death and life of things : modernity and modernism.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-235) and index.
LCCN	2002010611
ISBN	0226076288 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226076296 (pbk : alk. paper)

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