Author : Andreas Huyssen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674416724
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (744 download)
Book Synopsis Miniature Metropolis by : Andreas Huyssen
Download or read book Miniature Metropolis written by Andreas Huyssen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andreas Huyssen explores the history and theory of metropolitan miniatures—short prose pieces about urban life written for European newspapers. His fine-grained readings open vistas into German critical theory and the visual arts, revealing the miniature to be one of the few genuinely innovative modes of spatialized writing created by modernism.