num_pages: 216
description: Miniature books, eighteenth-century novels, Tom Thumb weddings, tall tales, and objects of tourism and nostalgia: this diverse group of cultural forms is the subject of On Longing, a fascinating analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world.
language: English
title: On Longing: Narratives
titlecomplete: On Longing: Narratives
genres: Literary Criticism, Research, History, Museums, Art, Philosophy, Academic, Nonfiction, Essays, Theory
ratings_count: 671
publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press