To the Collector Belong the Spoils : Modernism and the Art of Appropriation /

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"Rethinks collecting as an artistic, revolutionary, and appropriative modernist practice that flourishes beyond institutions like museums or archives and examines the relationship between literary modernism and twentieth-century practices of collecting objects through three author-collectors, W...

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Main Author: Pfeifer, Annie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
James, Henry, > 1843-1916.
Einstein, Carl, > 1885-1940.
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation.
Einstein, Carl, > 1885-1940 > Criticism and interpretation.
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940 > Criticism and interpretation.
Modernism (Literature)
Collectors and collecting > Philosophy.
Modernism (Literature) > History > 20th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Dangerous Passions
  • "Morceaux de musee": James's Human Bibelots
  • Sardanapalus's Hoard
  • The Collector in a Collectivist State
  • Trash-Talking in The Arcades Project
  • The Collector and His Circle
  • Dilettante of Wonder: Einstein and Documents
  • Epilogue: Hoarding in a Digital Age.

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