A sense of things : the object matter of American literature / Bill Brown.
By: Brown, Bill.
Publisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2003ISBN: 0226076296; 9780226076294.Subject(s): 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 literatureDDC classification: 813 General note: In May 1906, the Atlantic Monthly commented that Americans live not merely in an age of things, but under the tyranny of them, and that in our relentless effort to sell, purchase, and accumulate things, we do not possess them as much as they possess us. For Bill Brown, the tale of that possession is something stranger than the history of a culture of consumption. It is the story of Americans using things to think about themselves.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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In May 1906, the Atlantic Monthly commented that Americans live not merely in an age of things, but under the tyranny of them, and that in our relentless effort to sell, purchase, and accumulate things, we do not possess them as much as they possess us. For Bill Brown, the tale of that possession is something stranger than the history of a culture of consumption. It is the story of Americans using things to think about themselves.
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